This is an analysis of Space And Dread And The Dark by William Ernest Henley.
Space and dread and the dark -
Over a livid stretch of sky…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXbcdefghbgX feXfibagXh ecgdjXg gkgdkji
- Stanza lengths: 12,10,7,7,
- Metre: 111101 10010101 11010101001 01010100 100101 01010101001 10010100 0111110001 1001010100 1001 0110001 001101 1111000 10010001 100100101 1101001 01010011 0100010001 11010001 0100010011 10110101111 0101010100 111101 10010101010 1111 10110001 00010101 110100100 11110001 11110101 110101010 0101010011 100101001 110111 00010101 0010100001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
what, life
