This is an analysis of O, Have You Blessed, Behind The Stars by William Ernest Henley.
O, have you blessed, behind the stars,
The blue sheen of the skies,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaaa bcbbc Xaddb
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,
- Metre: 11110101 011001 11010101 11110111 000101 11110101 110111 111101001 010010001 110001 11011111 111111 11001101 10011111 010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 16
Repeated words/phrases
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