This is an analysis of Gull In An Aery Morrice by William Ernest Henley.

Gulls in an aery morrice
Gleam and vanish and gleam . . .…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XXXX XbXb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1011010 111011 01110010 110101 1011010 101111 1011010 0100101 1011010 100111 1010010011 01001001
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

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