This is an analysis of By The Seaside : Sir Humphrey Gilbert by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Southward with fleet of ice
Sailed the corsair Death;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcb aded cdcd Xefe ecfc geXX ceXe fhch hege gada eiXi
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 100101 10101 111101 1011101 010101 10001 1111101 1010101 010111 10101 1111101 10111001 1001000 110101 11111011 1010111 010111 111101 11011111 1110101 110101 011001 11110011 11110111 0011001 010101 100111000 01011101 0110101 010001 1001101 1010101 110011 111111 1001101 1000111 101111 110101 0111100101 1111101 1001010 111111 11010011 1010101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 11
  • Lines: 44

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