This is an analysis of The William P. Frye by Jeanne Robert Foster.

I saw her first abreast the Boston Light
At anchor; she had just come in, turned head,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdeXefcbcgg hahaeaeciXiffjfX bafahehedjajXijifiai
  • Stanza lengths: 14,16,20,
  • Metre: 1101010101 1101111011 11010101001 1111010111 0101000101 1101011111 1001110110 1101010101 1011010101 1101010101 1100010111 0101111111 0011111101 01110 10111 11001010101 1111011101 1010011101 0101110101 1111111101 1001010101 0111101111 0111100101 0011011100 0111001101 0111011101 1001111101 1111001111 1110011101 1001001000 1100010101 0111011101 1100111101 01000010111 11000011101 1101111011 1110110001 0101101101 0101011101 1011110101 0101011101 1011101101 1011110101 0101010111 1111010101 0101011101 1001110101 1101011101 1101010101 0101010111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 50

Anaphora

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