This is an analysis of Ballade Of Truisms by William Ernest Henley.
Gold or silver, every day,
Dies to gray.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabaabbbabbX aabaabbb abbA aabaabbbabbA XXbbabbA
- Stanza lengths: 12,8,4,12,8,
- Metre: 11101001 101 11101001 100111001 101 0010101 11110111 111 1011101 1110111 101 1010111 1010111 111 10101011 1010101 101 1110111 1010111 101 1100101 11000111 101 0010111 1011101 101 1111101 1111111 111 10010001 1111101 001 1010111 1110101 111 0010111 10 1010001 101 1010111 1001001 101 0010111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 43
Repeated words/phrases
though
Anaphora
though
