This is an analysis of The Sea's Withholding by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay.
THE ladye's bower faced the sea,
Its casements framed a sea-born day.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaaaa bbbccc Xddeee fffeee XaaaaX
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,
- Metre: 01010101 010010111 11010101 1111 0111 01010001 11010111 111100101 11010111 1101 0101 01110001 11101101 11010101 11110101 1111 0011 11010101 11110111 11011101 11011111 0111 0101 11111111 11010101 01010111 11111111 1101 1011 10011110
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 30
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