This is an analysis of A Coast View by Charles Harpur.

High ’mid the shelves of a grey cliff, that yet
Riseth in Babylonian mass above,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbcdbXdeacXddcXebXdXe
  • Stanza lengths: 23,
  • Metre: 1101001111 10010100101 001011001001 0111011101 11001100100 11011001001 11010011001 01010010101 0011011111 0101011011 0101011101 01010100001 11010001010 1111010111 1011110011 0101011101 11010011101 1011000101 0111110101 1101000111 1100000101 10010011001 11010101001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 23

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