This is an analysis of In The Shallows by Edith Nesbit.

AMONG the shallows where the sand
Is golden and the waves are small,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefgXgb cXcdhihi
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 01010101 01010111 11011011 11010101 11111101 11011101 11010101 01010101 10111101 100111101 00011101 110100111 11010001 011101010 11010101 11011101 111001111 01010100 11010101 11011101 11010101 01110111 01010101 11110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

what, happy

Anaphora

what, where