This is an analysis of Apparition by William Ernest Henley.

Thin-legged, thin-chested, slight unspeakably,
Neat-footed and weak-fingered: in his face -…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXXaaXbcXbcX
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 11011011000 1101110001 1111011101 11110100101 01110001000 1101010101 01001110111 01011001100 1001010101 11110010100 01110101100 01010010101 1100010101 1100010100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

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