This is an analysis of If, On A Quiet Sea by Augustus Montague Toplady.
If, on a quiet sea, toward heaven we calmly sail,
With grateful hearts, O God, to Thee,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aBABA cCCCC aXAXA dEDED
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,
- Metre: 01010101101101 01011101 1101001 01011101 1101001 110101110101 10010101 111101 10010101 111101 111111110101 11010110 011001 11010110 011001 1101001011011 11010101 011101 11010101 011101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 20
