This is an analysis of The Gods Are Dead by William Ernest Henley.
The gods are dead? Perhaps they are! Who knows?
Living at least in Lempriere undeleted,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXXba abab aXaabb
- Stanza lengths: 5,4,6,
- Metre: 0111011111 10110101000 0101010010 11111101010 0111011101 1111111101 01010111010 1101110101 0111 0101010101 11010101110 10010010101 10110100111 10110101010 0111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 15
Repeated words/phrases
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