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;…
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