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,…
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
