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,…

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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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