This is an analysis of The West A Glimmering Lake Of Light by William Ernest Henley.
The West a glimmering lake of light,
A dream of pearly weather,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcbcb cdcdebeb efXfXbab
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
- Metre: 010100101 0101010 01010101 0111010 010101001 0111010 11010111 111010 11011101 1101010 11010111 1111010 01010111 1110010 11111110 101010 11100101 1100010 11010111 0101110 01110100 1101010 11010101 111010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
of, and
Anaphora
the
