This is an analysis of Blithe Dreams Arise To Greet Us by William Ernest Henley.
Blithe dreams arise to greet us,
And life feels clean and new,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcXcXXbXb dedefgfghiXi acacheXeXdXd hahaijXjhdXd
- Stanza lengths: 12,12,12,12,
- Metre: 1101011 111111 10111011 0010101 10001011 1000111 0111011 110101 11110010 1101101 1111010 100101 1111110 010111 0101110 010111 0101010 110111 1001010 111101 0101010 110101 1111010 110101 1100110 011101 1111110 100100 1100010 010101 1101010 100111 1101010 010101 1111010 110111 1101110 0101001 1111110 111011 1101010 110101 1111100 110111 1111010 111101 1111010 110101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 48
Repeated words/phrases
and, fluting
Anaphora
the
Anadiplosis
fluting
