This is an analysis of London Types:Life-Guardsman by William Ernest Henley.
Joy of the Milliner, Envy of the Line,
Star of the Parks, jack-booted, sworded, helmed,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXaXbcbcdcdXee
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 10010010001 10011101010 11010101001 11011110010 0011011101 11101010101 0100011101 1101010101 11010100111 01110100111 0101010101 11001010100 01010100111 0101111111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
of, his, he, and
Anaphora
his
