This is an analysis of Renewal by Ina D. Coolbrith.

The sea is a molten pearl,
And pearl the fleckless sky’…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab acac dede fgfg
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 0100101 110101 010101 10100101 011100 0011100 110111 011101 010101 100101 010101 110101 100101 110101 110111 011111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16