This is an analysis of Back-View by William Ernest Henley.

I watched you saunter down the sand:
Serene and large, the golden weather…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacccccc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 11110101 011101010 1100111110 1100011001 11011111 110110010 101101110 11110101 11111101 011101010 01111101 01010100 111111010 01010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Anaphora

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