This is an analysis of Orientale by William Ernest Henley.

She's an enchanting little Israelite,
A world of hidden dimples!--Dusky-eyed,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacbdcXd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101010101 0101010101 0101010001 01010101001 0101010101 0101001101 0011110111 01010100101 1111000101 1101010111 110010011101 01101100001 0101110100 0110010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

her, and

Anaphora

a, her, and