This is an analysis of A Sea-Side Walk by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

We walked beside the sea,
After a day which perished silently…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abccXdd ccabcaa eeffecc eeggehh iiccXcc
  • Stanza lengths: 7,7,7,7,7,
  • Metre: 110101 1001110100 0011010101 1010010111 1001011100 1110110101 110101 010111 1101011001 1101010101 1001101100 1101111101 1100010101 100111 111101 1011011101 11000011001 0111011111 1111010001 1100010101 1100001 110101 0101110111 11011111010 11111101110 1001011001 1101010111 010101 111101 00110100101 1111110001 0001010111 01011100100 1111110111 110111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 35