This is an analysis of Shells by Guy Wetmore Carryl.
Where the long waves put cool, caressing hands
Upon the fevered temples of the shore,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXXabccbabba deedfddfgffg
- Stanza lengths: 12,12,
- Metre: 1011110101 0101010001 10110111010 1101010001 0101010111 0101010101 1101010111 1011000101 1001010100 11010010101 0101110101 1011110101 1101111101 1111010111 0111010001 1110010001 0101011111 1111010101 0101010111 0111110001 11011100101 1111010111 1101010101 11111101001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
and, of, to