This is an analysis of The Flying Fish by Isaac McLellan.
In Indian Ocean, or in seas
That dash their billows upon tropic isles,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXabb Xaaacdad efXfaegeeeae hhghaiciaa
- Stanza lengths: 6,8,12,10,
- Metre: 010010101 1111001101 1001001101 01010101 01001000101 100101 10110011 1101010001 10100010101 11010100 0101010001 1001010101 1100010101 1101010001 1101010101 10010010101 1101010101 1011000101 01011100101 0101010101 1101110101 11011101001 1001111111 1111010001 010101010111 1001110101 110111101 1100110101 0101110101 1011010011 1011000101 11011100001 010101010101 1111110101 0101110101 1011011101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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