This is an analysis of Epilogue by William Ernest Henley.

These, to you now, O, more than ever now -
Now that the Ancient Enemy…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXXccde XfabbegdgXXfX
  • Stanza lengths: 9,13,
  • Metre: 1011111101 11010100 11111111111 010011 1011000101 0110001111 01011 1011101011001 0111011100 1100 1011010101 111111 11111111101 11111111111 0101001 01110001001 1001110101 01111100100 0101010101 101101 111 101111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 22

Repeated words/phrases

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Anadiplosis

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