This is an analysis of Sea’s Answer, The by Ina D. Coolbrith.
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I am the Sea, which God’s controlling hand…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaabbXaacc Xccdd
- Stanza lengths: 10,5,
- Metre: 1 1101110101 1001 0100010011 0100 1 1011011101 1101 1101011111 1111 1 0100110101 1111 1101000101 1111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 15
Anaphora
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Anadiplosis
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