This is an analysis of In The Harbour: Becalmed by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Becalmed upon the sea of Thought,
Still unattained the land it sought,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccaa ddee ffXX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 01010101 110000101 11010101 11000101 11010101 01010101 01010100 11010101 11010101 11100101 11010001 01010101 11010111 01010101 010001001 01010100
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

of

Anaphora

the