This is an analysis of O, Time And Change, They Range And Range by William Ernest Henley.

O, Time and Change, they range and range
From sunshine round to thunder! -…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXbacXc deeedbcb
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,
  • Metre: 11111111 0111010 111110111 101011110 11110101 11111111 1110111111 001001011 11111111 1111110 11011101 11011010 11111101 0111010 11100100101 11001010
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

and, they

Anaphora

they