This is an analysis of Gloucester Harbor by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward.
One shadow glides from the dumb shore,
And one from every silent sail.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab XXcX Xdcd XXXd eded fgfg XdXd fgXg
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11110011 110100101 110010101 011111 110001001 11010101 01010101 010101 01110111 11111111 10101101 01101 01010101 10111100 01110101 011101 10110101 11010101 01010111 011101 11011101 01111111 11011101 110101 11011111 10110111 01010111 111101 01000101 01010101 110100101 010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 39
Repeated words/phrases
one
Anaphora
the
