This is an analysis of The Wan Sun Westers, Faint And Slow by William Ernest Henley.
The wan sun westers, faint and slow;
The eastern distance glimmers gray;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababbcbc dcdccXcc Xebeefef
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
- Metre: 01110111 01010101 11011101 01010101 10011101 010101011 010010101 110010111 11010101 11011101 11010011 01110101 01010111 010100010 01111001 01110101 01010100 11110101 11110111 01000101 110100111 01011101 11000101 01010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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