This is an analysis of The Two Ships by Francis Bret Harte.
As I stand by the cross on the lone mountain's crest,
Looking over the ultimate sea,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcbcb bbbbdXdb
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,
- Metre: 111101101101 101001001 001001001111 11101001 11011101101 01011101 11001101101 01101011 11001001101 010101011 111001101001 01001001 111001001111 010101101 11101001001 001101011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 16
Repeated words/phrases
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