This is an analysis of Lines. by Frances Anne Kemble.
To the smooth beach the silver sea
Comes rippling in a thousand smiles,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXbcdcdXeaeFgfgFhfhXiXi
- Stanza lengths: 24,
- Metre: 00110101 110000101 110111000 01011101 01110101 010111001 11110111 010010111 010011100 10010101 010011111 01011111 11111111 11010101 010010111 11110101 11111111 01011111 11000101 01111101 11111101 11110111 101101000 111100111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
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