In just 14 lines you can see many of the elements of Henry's style.
Repetition:
"as the"
"smiling as the smiling"
"loveliest of the lovely"
"about her/without her"
"Life itself's not life"
Variety of line openings:
Adj, preposition, noun, verb, adverb
Variety of line endings:
Verb, adjectival phrase, noun phrase, prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase
Sloppiness of rhymes:
are/fair
Duplication rhymes:
her/her
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