This is an analysis of The Lighthouse by Katharine Lee Bates.

IN seas far north, day after day
We leaned upon the rail, engrossed…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXcXXdbdbebefgfg
  • Stanza lengths: 20,
  • Metre: 01111101 11010101 01011101 11010001 11011101 11001111 11111101 010101101 11110111 01110001 01010001 101110101 11111111 11000011 11111101 11010001 11010111 010011001 11010101 01010001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 20

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