This is an analysis of Sea by Katherine Mansfield.

The Sea called--I lay on the rocks and said:
"I am come."…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbaaXbXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 16,
  • Metre: 0111110111 101100 111101 1010111 10100110 101111101011 10111101010 11110010 1100101001110 11101010111110 100111011001001 10011010110 1010111110010 11110111111 10 1100
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

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