This is an analysis of The Puritan's Ballad by Elinor Morton Wylie.
My love came up from Barnegat,
The sea was in his eyes;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xaba cdcd efef cgcg hchc aiXi jaja kiki kbkb dldl alml anan kckX dXdX aoao mbmb Xaba
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11110100 011001 11110101 1111001 011101111 0101110 11110011 1101010 111001001 10100 1011010101 110101 111100101 010101 1010111111 11111001 010101001 110001 0111110101 110101 010111001 100101 1101001001 0010001 01011101 110111 11010101 110101 10011101 10101001 11110111 110101 111010101 0101101 110101111 100001 11011101 1111110 10110111 11010110 1010111000 1101010 11010011 001011010 11111101 110011 110100101 11101011 111100101 1111101 1101000101 110001 111100101 1111101 110110101 1100010 111111001 010111 1010110101 011111 1010110111 110101 0010111111 011111 0110110100 010001 101110101 0111001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 17
- Lines: 68
Repeated words/phrases
and, sleep, rest
