This is an analysis of Where Forlorn Sunsets Flare And Fade by William Ernest Henley.

Where forlorn sunsets flare and fade
On desolate sea and lonely sand,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaabaB cdcdebeB fefegbgB
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 10111111 110011101 10010101 10010101 10111111 01110101 011100111 10011101 10010111 01010111 01001111 11000101 10010101 10011101 010111111 10011101 100100111 100100111 01110011 10010111 01011101 01111111 01010001 10011101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

and, calling, of

Anaphora

out