This is an analysis of Written On Cramond Beach by Frances Anne Kemble.

Farewell, old playmate! on thy sandy shore
My lingering feet will leave their print no more;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeedXccccffccggaa
  • Stanza lengths: 24,
  • Metre: 1111111101 11001011111 0111110101 1111010111 1011011111 1001110111 0101010101 1101011101 11010111001 1101000101 1101011100 1101011100 1111011111 0101110101 11011011001 1111010101 1111001111 0101101101 1101110111 0101101101 1111010001 1101010011 1001010001 1111110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

in, thy, when