This is an analysis of The Seagull by Herbert Bashford.

A ceaseless rover, waif of many climes,
He scorns the tempest, greets the lifting sun…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb dede
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 0101010101 1101010101 0111011111 0101010111 0111011111 1101111101 1101010101 1101011101 1100010111 1001110101 0111011101 1101110001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

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