This is an analysis of Interlude by William Ernest Henley.

O, the fun, the fun and frolic
That The Wind that Shakes the Barley…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXab bcXd XXbe dace Xbbb bdXX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 10101110 10111010 10101010 10001010 10101010 11101010 10001001 111010100 11101010 10101010 101110010 10101010 011010100 10101110 10100010 10100010 10110011 01101010 10111010 10101110 11101010 01101010 10100110 111110100
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24