Analysis of Bring Her Again, O Western Wind
William Ernest Henley 1849 (Gloucester) – 1903 (Woking)
Bring her again, O western wind,
Over the western sea!
Gentle and good and fair and kind,
Bring her again to me!
Not that her fancy holds me dear,
Not that a hope may be:
Only that I may know her near,
Wind of the western sea!
| Scheme | ABAB CBCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 10011101 100101 10010101 100111 11010111 110111 10111101 110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 227 |
| Words | 49 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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