This is an analysis of Carmel-By-The-Sea by Ina D. Coolbrith.

Blue waves that wash a curved beach
Of sand, like drifted snow;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 1111011 011101 111101001 010111 010101011 111111 011100111 010101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

Anaphora

a, the