This is an analysis of By The Sea by Henry Kendall.

The Caves of the sea have been troubled to-day
With the water which whitens, and widens, and fills;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcddbcbcefeff
  • Stanza lengths: 18,
  • Metre: 01001101001 001011011011 101011011001 101111001001 01111101101 01001001 111111001101 10111101 1101101 110110011011 11011011011 111001111101 101101001101 11101101101 11001001 11001101001 10111011 11011011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

and, there, your, of

Epiphora

there, home