This is an analysis of On The Cliffs, Newport by Alan Seeger.
Tonight a shimmer of gold lies mantled o'er
Smooth lovely Ocean. Through the lustrous gloom…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xaabbccbdbedbe
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 010100111010 1101010101 0101010101 11011100101 1111110111 1101010111 10111111001 1011010101 1101011101 01010110001 0101111011 1011010001 10110011101 1001010001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
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