This is an analysis of The Spirit Of Wine by William Ernest Henley.
The Spirit of Wine
Sang in my glass, and I listened…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Abcd edaXfghiX jdkXah Xjggakfeb jaXXiXXAhcd
- Stanza lengths: 4,9,6,9,11,
- Metre: 01001 10111110 010010010 01101001 111111111 1111010 010011001 101011001 1010010 111011001 010010010 0100100010 01001001 111111110 11110110 1111101 1110100 10111110 1101001 111111111 1110110 01011001 11111101 011010001 10101111 1000101 0010011001 11011101 110111110 1111001 1111111 111011 11100100 111101110 01001 10111110 0010110010 001011001
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 38
Repeated words/phrases
i, to, ye, and, his, that
Anaphora
the, ye, i
