This is an analysis of The Rain And The Wind by William Ernest Henley.

The rain and the wind, the wind and the rain --
They are with us like a disease:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaab cbccb dedde
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,
  • Metre: 0110101101 11011001 110011101 11101110101 1100101 110100101 11011001 01010101 10100100101 10100111 100101101 110110010 100111011 1010011111 10111010
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 15

Repeated words/phrases

they, and

Anaphora

they, and