This is an analysis of When The Evening Star Went Down by Henry Clay Work.
The morning was fearful at sea--
The voyagers weary and pale;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXbXcdC eefFF aagagcXC gXXdfcdc
- Stanza lengths: 8,5,8,8,
- Metre: 01011011 01001011 110010101 0110101 11011010 11101001 110011101 1010001011 11001001 01101001 110111101 0101101 0101101 11001001 11001011 010110111 0100111 10011011 11001101 110011011 1010001011 01001001 11001101 110110101 01101001 01101101 11001011 011110101 1010001011
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 29
Repeated words/phrases
and, in
Anaphora
the, beneath, with
Epiphora
waves
