This is an analysis of A Desolate Shore by William Ernest Henley.
A desolate shore,
The sinister seduction of the Moon,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abX cdXbbeXefcgggdff hfchfdihXdga ghibhXc
- Stanza lengths: 3,16,12,7,
- Metre: 01001 0100010001 0100010001 101011 01010101 10010101001 11011100101 010011 10011110 01001101001 0100110110 11110101 0011101101 1010011 1010001 10110100001 01110001 11110 1 110000101 1010001 11101101 11011011101 1001011101 111001 0100010101 111100 10001000100 11010110101 100101 11011110101 0101 0100110100 10110001 01010 10011111 0110010100 1001010011
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 38
Repeated words/phrases
her, of
Anaphora
the