This is an analysis of I. M. R. T. Hamilton Bruce (1846-1899) by William Ernest Henley.

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdededfbfb
  • Stanza lengths: 16,
  • Metre: 10011101 11010101 11110110 1110001 00110101 11111101 10010001 11010101 01010111 11010001 11010000 11111101 01011101 11010001 11010011 11010011
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

of, and

Anaphora

i