This is an analysis of At Sea by Duncan Campbell Scott.

Three are emerald pools in the sea,
And wing-like flashes of light;…

Browse poems by Duncan Campbell Scott

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba acbc XaXa Xcdc daXa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 111001001 1111001 01010010 00101 111001 1101101 010011011 11011 1111110 1001101 100010010 10111 1010011010 1010101 100010010 10100101 110010110 001101 101001011 1001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

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