This is an analysis of Fill A Glass With Golden Wine by William Ernest Henley.

Fill a glass with golden wine,
And the while your lips are wet…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc ababdd
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,
  • Metre: 1010101 1011111 1101101 101 10011111 1110101 1011111 0010111 1110101 101 11101001 1110101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 12