This is an analysis of Longfellow by Christopher Pearse Cranch.
Across the sea the swift sad message darts
And beats with sudden pang against our hearts.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddXbeecceefXccggffeehhii
- Stanza lengths: 30,
- Metre: 0101011101 1101010111 1001100111 01000111111 1101011101 0111110111 10110010111 0111011111 1001110101 11011101001 1111000101 1101010101 1101011101 1111111111 1101010101 0101010101 11010110010 1011000101 01001010101 0111101101 0101000101 01010010101 010111010010 01010111010 1001000111 100101111 1111110111 100101000111 0101110101 0101010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 30
Repeated words/phrases
and, his
Anaphora
his