Analysis of London Types: The Artist Muses At His Ease
William Ernest Henley 1849 (Gloucester) – 1903 (Woking)
The Artist muses at his ease,
Contented that his work is done,
And smiling-smiling!-as he sees
His crowd collecting, one by one.
Alas! his travail's but begun!
None, none can keep the years in line,
And what to Ninety-Eight is fun
May raise the gorge of Ninety-Nine!
| Scheme | ABABBCBC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01010111 01011111 01010111 11010111 0111101 11110101 01110111 11011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 274 |
| Words | 50 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 205 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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