This is an analysis of Crosses And Troubles by William Ernest Henley.
Crosses and troubles a-many have proved me.
One or two women (God bless them) have loved me.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbcddcebeb
- Stanza lengths: 12,
- Metre: 10110010111 11110110111 1111111110 011111111 11001111001 111111111 110101101 111111101 1110111101 111111001 0010110101 1011100101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 12
Repeated words/phrases
and, have, i, ve
Anaphora
i
Epiphora
me
