This is an analysis of Song Iv by Edith Nesbit.
I HEAR the waves to-night
Piteously calling, calling…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcc cdcdXX
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,
- Metre: 110101 1001010 101 0011010 110101 111111111111 110111 10001010 101 11010101010 1111110 111101011101
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 12
