This is an analysis of London Types: by William Ernest Henley.

Time, the old humourist, has a trick to-day
Of moving landmarks and of levelling down,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababccccdedeff
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 10110010101 01011101001 1001010111 1001011101 0111010101 1101010001 1101011101 01100100101 1011010001 110110100111 0101011111 1111110001 1101110011 10010101101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

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