This is an analysis of The Portent by Herman Melville.
Hanging from the beam,
Slowly swaying (such the law),…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xabcbbd XaXcbbd
- Stanza lengths: 7,7,
- Metre: 10001 1010101 1011101 1010 010101 111 1011111 10001 0010111 1110101 1010 1010101 111 0100001
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 14
