This is an analysis of The Skies Are Strown With Stars by William Ernest Henley.

The skies are strown with stars,
The streets are fresh with dew…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXXb XcXac
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,
  • Metre: 011101 011101 0111010 0101110 110101 110111 110101 1101010 0110011 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 10

Anaphora

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