Analysis of Gull In An Aery Morrice
William Ernest Henley 1849 (Gloucester) – 1903 (Woking)
Gulls in an aery morrice
Gleam and vanish and gleam . . .
The full sea, sleepily basking,
Dreams under skies of dream.
Gulls in an aery morrice
Circle and swoop and close . . .
Fuller and ever fuller
The rose of the morning blows.
Gulls, in an aery morrice
Frolicking, float and fade . . .
O, the way of a bird in the sunshine,
The way of a man with a maid!
| Scheme | Abxb Aaxa Acxc |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 10111 101001 01110010 110111 10111 100101 1001010 0110101 10111 100101 101101001 01101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 354 |
| Words | 68 |
| Sentences | 13 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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