This is an analysis of Two Ifs by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward.
If it might only be
That in the singing sea,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaabbcc aaaddcc
- Stanza lengths: 7,7,
- Metre: 001100 100101 010101 10011101 0101010111 010100111 01010111 110010 010101 111101 01000101 0101011111 110101011 11010111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 15
Anaphora
and
Epiphora
sea, me
