This is an analysis of Easton's Beach by Alice Duer Miller.

LAST night I saw a city by the sea,
Outlined in sparks of fire;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX abab bcbc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1111010101 1101010 1101110100 1111 1101010111 0111 1111111101 0101 0101000101 0100010 1111010101 0111
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

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