This is an analysis of Tide Rises, The Tide Falls, The by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

The tide rises, the tide falls,
The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbAaaaaAaaccA
  • Stanza lengths: 15,
  • Metre: 0110011 011100101 01011111 0100100101 10110011 10101111 101010101 010101111 01011001 10110011 010101011 11110101 01011101 010100001 10110011
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 15

Anaphora

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