This is an analysis of Under A Stagnant Sky by William Ernest Henley.
Under a stagnant sky,
Gloom out of gloom uncoiling into gloom,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XabbccccbdeXbXX bfdeXXccXXfXaccc
- Stanza lengths: 15,16,
- Metre: 100101 1101100001 01010101 101101001001 10110101 00110011001 0111110101 11110100100 1001000101 11010010011 1101000100 011011 01000010101 010011111 1101010101 1000110 1101011101 011101 100100100 1101010010 01010001011 101100101001 0011010001 01010101 1111111101 1101101 111111 0111010001 011111 110010100101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 30
Repeated words/phrases
gloom, of, river, o, life
Anaphora
of, the
