This is an analysis of Beach Burial by Kenneth Slessor.
Softly and humbly to the Gulf of Arabs
The convoys of dead sailors come;…
Browse poems by Kenneth Slessor
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcb cdaX XeXe fdad fgcg e XXXXe XXXX XaXX XXXX XXXg
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,1,5,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 10110001010 01101101 11111100010110 11010001 010111000110 11011110 01000101100010 1101011100 11101010100 10110001 100101000101010 0111101 101001010 10110101 010110111010 111111 11010100111 10110011 11011100110010 01010101 10010 100 10011111100 10110110100 11011110110110 111011111110 1011011110 11011111100 11111010100010101100 111110101000 1101110001110 111100101 1001111010111110010 1110010111100 10001011001 101101101 1101101001110 11110110001 110110011110 11111111 1011111101010111100 1000111001
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 44
Repeated words/phrases
and, der, und
Anaphora
and, und