Analysis of From The Break The Nightingale
William Ernest Henley 1849 (Gloucester) – 1903 (Woking)
From the brake the Nightingale
Sings exulting to the Rose;
Though he sees her waxing pale
In her passionate repose,
While she triumphs waxing frail,
Fading even while she glows;
Though he knows
How it goes -
Knows of last year's Nightingale
Dead with last year's Rose.
Wise the enamoured Nightingale,
Wise the well-beloved Rose!
Love and life shall still prevail,
Nor the silence at the close
Break the magic of the tale
In the telling, though it shows -
Who but knows
How it goes! -
Life a last year's Nightingale,
Love a last year's Rose.
Scheme | abababbBab abaxabbBab |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1010100 1010101 1110101 0010001 1110101 1010111 111 111 1111100 11111 101100 101011 1011101 1010101 1010101 0010111 111 111 1011100 10111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 529 |
Words | 99 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 10 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 212 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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