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…

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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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