This is an analysis of Song In The Manner Of Housman by Ezra Pound.
O woe, woe,
People are born and die,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaXXb abcca dXdda
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,
- Metre: 111 101111 110101101 111111010 1010 01110111 11110100 11111111 1000101 1111001 1000101 1101100 11110101 01110101 111111001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 15
