This is an analysis of Loss And Waste by Jean Ingelow.
Up to far Osteroe and Suderoe
The deep sea-floor lies strewn with Spanish wrecks,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XXaX bcbcdada ee
- Stanza lengths: 4,8,2,
- Metre: 10110110 0111110101 10101011101 10101000110 01001110101 1011110101 1101110101 1101010001 0111110101 1111011101 1111011101 1100110001 1101111001 0101111111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 14
Anaphora
o'er, and
