This is an analysis of Hesperia by Guy Wetmore Carryl.
Across the stretch of southward seas
The zephyr-swept Hesperides…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXbcccbaaaaXXXX aadeeedbbeacXcX
- Stanza lengths: 15,15,
- Metre: 01010101 01011000 1101010 11010101 11010111 110010101 01010010 1111110 1100010 1101011010 110101 1111110 1110010 11011101 111000 01010101 01111101 1101010 110010101 01010001 11110101 1101010 11101010 1111110 11010101 111111 1111010 0111100 11011111 111000
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 30
Repeated words/phrases
thy
Anaphora
thy, the
