This is an analysis of By The Seaside : The Lighthouse by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
The rocky ledge runs far into the sea,
And on its outer point, some miles away,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXa bcbc dede fgfg bhbh ibib bbbb jkjk ldld fcfc lili ibib kXkh cicX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 0101110001 11010111001 0111010100 010010110111 10101011101 1001010101 0101110101 0011110001 1101010111 1011000111 11010100001 0101010001 1101010101 11001010101 1001010101 10010100101 1011010001 01010011001 1011010111 01100010001 1011110101 101101001001 1101011101 1111010111 1110010111 1101010001 1101010101 11010110111 0100010101 10110110111 1101000101 11010110101 1101010001 1101110101 1110001101 111100001 0101000101 0111100101 0101110011 1101110101 0101110001 10001010001 1100010101 1011000101 0111010001 0111110101 10110010101 1001010111 0110010101 11000101001 0111011101 1101000101 1101111101 1011010101 0101010101 0101110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 14
- Lines: 56
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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