This is an analysis of By The Sea by Christina Georgina Rossetti.

Why does the sea moan evermore?
Shut out from heaven it makes its moan,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXabb XcXdd eceff
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,
  • Metre: 11011101 110100101 010101001 11110101 01110101 110001000 110010011 10001100 110110101 01110111 11011111 01011101 11011101 11010111 01011111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 15