This is an analysis of From The Break The Nightingale by William Ernest Henley.

From the brake the Nightingale
Sings exulting to the Rose;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abababbBab abaXabbBab
  • Stanza lengths: 10,10,
  • Metre: 0010100 1010001 1110101 0010001 1110101 1010111 111 101 1011100 10111 101000100 1010101 1111101 1010101 1010001 0010101 111 101 1011100 10111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 20

Anaphora

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