This is an analysis of Stranded by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward.
O busy ships! that smile in sailing
In a glory…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcdXbcd aefdaefd aegaegd
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,7,
- Metre: 110111010 0010 101 001000100010001 010110100 1010 111 1010101001101011 110111010 1110 101 11000100010001 100100010 0110 101 101011100110111 10110010 1110 001 10110010 1010 011 001010101110101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 25
