This is an analysis of The Dreamer On The Sea-Shore by Louisa Stuart Costello.
What are the dreams of him who may sleep
Where the solemn voice of the troubled deep…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: a a b b c c d d c c e e f f d d c c g g h h i i j j d d e e b b e e b b i i b b d d X d e e cXc
- Stanza lengths: 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
- Metre: 110101111 1010100101 110100101 101010101 110101101 1101001101 111011101 10010100101 010111101 0100101001 111011101 1010110111 1010100101 111111111 111110101 1100100101 10101110101 110110101 10101101 011110101 1110100111 011111101 110111101 01011101001 1111100011 11011101 1111011001 1110100111 1100100111 0010110111 101101101 11101101101 101001101001 101001001001 110101001 111010101 111110101 11110100110 0101011101 110100111 010100111 010100101 100111010 11111101 1101011001 111100101 011100101 10101011101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 48
- Lines: 59
Repeated words/phrases
its, he
Anaphora
he
