This is an analysis of A South-Sea Islander by Francis William Lauderdale Adams.

ALOLL in the warm clear water,
On her back with languorous limbs,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaaaXaXbXb
  • Stanza lengths: 12,
  • Metre: 10001110 10101001 110100101 101111 011111 100001 10111011 0111101 1001010 01000111 0101110101 1101011
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 12

Anaphora

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