Analysis of While The West Is Paling
William Ernest Henley 1849 (Gloucester) – 1903 (Woking)
While the west is paling
Starshine is begun.
While the dusk is failing
Glimmers up the sun.
So, till darkness cover
Life's retreating gleam,
Lover follows lover,
Dream succeeds to dream.
Stoop to my endeavour,
O my love, and be
Only and for ever
Sun and stars to me.
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD CECE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 10111 1101 101110 10101 111010 10101 101010 10111 111010 11101 100110 10111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 263 |
| Words | 51 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 69 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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