This is an analysis of Midsummer Midnight Skies by William Ernest Henley.

Midsummer midnight skies,
Midsummer midnight influences and airs,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbcdae aeadfagghXahebgi aXafaaXcahigdf
  • Stanza lengths: 8,16,14,
  • Metre: 110111 11011110011 01010010001 1001110001 11110011101 0100111 01000100 0100100100001 0101 11010001101 110100010 110010010111 1111101100 1011001 10001010101 0011100 1101110111 0100100 110010111010 01010100001 11110101101 1001100110 100100001 01111100111 01111111 0101010111 10111111101 11110110 1000111 1011101111 1101001 1001000101 0011011 1011011111 111111 10010101111 110000100000
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 37

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

midsummer, the