This is an analysis of At Sea by James Whitcomb Riley.
O we go down to sea in ships--
But Hope remains behind,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd XXXacece
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,
- Metre: 11110101 110101 11010101 110101 11010101 010101 11010101 110101 11110111 110011 01010100 010101 11011101 010101 01011101 111101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 16
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