This is an analysis of Sea, The * by Ina D. Coolbrith.
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This is my Sea, that to its circling sands…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbac Xddaa Xeeac XXX
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,3,
- Metre: 1 00111001001 1101 10101110101 1101 1 1011011001 1101 1111010101 0101 1 0101111101 1111 1001010101 1101 01001011100101 1010100111010 10010
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 18
Repeated words/phrases
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