This is an analysis of From A Window In Princes Street by William Ernest Henley.

Above the Crags that fade and gloom
Starts the bare knee of Arthur's Seat;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcXcdedeee
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 01011111 10110101 11010101 01110111 011000101 110010101 110111100 10010101 100100101 010100101 110100101 10010111 010100111 11010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14