This is an analysis of While The West Is Paling by William Ernest Henley.
While the west is paling
Starshine is begun.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaXa bcbc bdbd
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
- Metre: 101010 10010 101010 10101 111010 10101 101010 10101 101010 11110 101110 11101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 12
Repeated words/phrases
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