This is an analysis of Some Starlit Garden Grey With Dew by William Ernest Henley.

Some starlit garden grey with dew,
Some chamber flushed with wine and fire,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cXcX cdcd XeXe
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11010101 110101110 11011111 1101010 01011111 11011110 010010000 010101 11010111 010001001 01010101 010101 01110101 10110101 110011101 010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Anaphora

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