This is an analysis of The Nightingale Has A Lyre Of Gold by William Ernest Henley.

The nightingale has a lyre of gold,
The lark's is a clarion-call,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XbXb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 010010101 01001001 1010110111 1111101 1010100101 110010110 11110111 1111010
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

Anaphora

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