This is an analysis of Ballade Made In The Hot Weather by William Ernest Henley.
Fountains that frisk and sprinkle
The moss they overspill;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXXaabbcXcC aaaaabbXcXC XaaaabbcXcC X cXccC
- Stanza lengths: 11,11,11,1,5,
- Metre: 1011110 011100 110101 010101 001101 111001 0101001 010111 110100 011101 011101 0111010 100101 1001010 101110 010111 010001 100001 010101 110110 110101 011101 1101100 111101 0101010 010111 0100101 110111 011101 0100101 111100 010111 011101 10 1101101 100111 111101 110101 011101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 39
