This is an analysis of When The Great Gray Ships Come In by Guy Wetmore Carryl.
To eastward ringing, to westward winging, o'er mapless miles of sea,
On winds and tides the gospel rides that the furthermost isles are free;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXXbbbb ccddXeXX ffXXggee aaccbbhh
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 010100101010101001 1111010110100111 101001110101111 1011110110101101 1011010110101 100101010100101 1100100101110101 1101001011110011 101111101010101 0111001011100101 010011100100101 11010010001001001 11010100100100 111001010100111 11010101100101 01011010100111110 10010100100111 010111011110111 1101010110101 1111011110111010 10100101010100101 11011111111101 1111101011110111 1101110100101101 10000101000111 01001001000100101 0101110110100101 0111001011100101 110010101011111 10111011010010101 1010110101010111 111111111011110
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
and, to, who, her, of, peace, their, for
Anaphora
who, peace, to, and
