This is an analysis of To My Wife by William Ernest Henley.

Take, dear, my little sheaf of songs,
For, old or new,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 11110101 1111 11000001 1001 11011111 1001 11011101 0101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8