This is an analysis of The Man-O-War Hawk by Herman Melville.
Yon black man-of-war-hawk that wheels in
the light…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXbcbaaca
- Stanza lengths: 10,
- Metre: 111011110 01 1001111110 1001 11110100100 1 110111111 01 00100100100 1
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 10
