This is an analysis of Lines Written By The Seaside (Ii) by Frances Anne Kemble.

If I believed in death, how sweet a bed
For such a blessed slumber could I find,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXabbcdcdee
  • Stanza lengths: 12,
  • Metre: 0101011101 110110111 01011100100 0111111101 1011111011 1101011101 1111011101 0101001101 10110011111 1101111101 0101110101 0111001101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 12