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;…
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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