This is an analysis of The Four Queens (Maoriland) by Arthur Henry Adams.

Wellington.
HERE, where the surges of a world of sea…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abccbXccbbXddeb afeeffeef agaaag XhihhhhhhXffaba iabbaabbagXgjbj
  • Stanza lengths: 15,9,6,15,15,
  • Metre: 100 1101000101 11110010111 1111110101 10010100101 1101000100 0101010111 0101010101 0101110111 1011011101 010111010010 0111011101 1001010101 1101010001 0101010101 100 1101110101 0101010101 0101010101 1101010101 11010010111 0101000111 1101010101 0111111101 0101010101 0101001001 1101110101 0101110101 1101010101 1101011101 10 1101010101 0111011101 01001111001 0111000111 01001010111 1101010111 0101010101 1101011101 1100010100 1001110101 1101001101 1100010101 110011011101 11100100101 10 1101010111 1001010101 0111010111 1111110101 0101011101 0101000111 1111110101 0011000101 0111010101 0111111100 0101110011 0101010011 0111110100 1101110001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 60

Repeated words/phrases

and, her, with