This is an analysis of Thick Is The Darkness by William Ernest Henley.

Thick is the darkness -
Sunward, O, sunward!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXb XcXcXbaaa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,9,
  • Metre: 10010 10110 10011 10110 11010 10011 10111 10111 10110 10011 10011 10011
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

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