This is an analysis of Vigil by William Ernest Henley.
Lived on one's back,
In the long hours of repose,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abca XadXXedXefc Xgbgbhbih efbgXedXhXih ebXgeg
- Stanza lengths: 4,11,9,12,6,
- Metre: 1111 00110001 10010011 10001101 1011 1 11010 10010110 110110100 10010001 1011101 100100 1010001001 11010010 10101101 1011 10010011 11011011 10010011 1011 11010010 010011 10010010 111111 1001001 10010010 11011 100100101101 10011010 01101101 11010111011 10011 0111100010 1001111101 101100110 1101 1111 11011010 10010110 101110111 111100 00100010001
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 42
Repeated words/phrases
and, old, on
Anaphora
ache, sleep
Anadiplosis
ache