This is an analysis of Lady Probationer by William Ernest Henley.

Some three, or five, or seven, and thirty years;
A Roman nose; a dimpling double-chin;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbacddcbbeXXe
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 11111101100 0101010101 1111110001 1101001101 0101011101 1101000101 0101010101 0111011101 0111111111 1101101101 010010010100 1101010111 1111011101 111101110100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

and, her, in

Anaphora

a