Analysis of It Nods and Curtseys and Recovers
Alfred Edward Housman 1859 – 1936
It nods and curtseys and recovers
When the wind blows above,
The nettle on the graves of lovers
That hanged themselves for love.
The nettle nods, the wind blows over,
The man, he does not move,
The lover of the grave, the lover
That hanged himself for love.
| Scheme | ABAB CXCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 11010010 101101 010101110 110111 010101110 011111 010101010 110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 265 |
| Words | 50 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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