This is an analysis of Harbor Moonrise by Lucy Maud Montgomery.

There is never a wind to sing o'er the sea
On its dimpled bosom that holdeth in fee…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbbcc dddXXXX dddaaee Xffaadd
  • Stanza lengths: 7,7,7,7,
  • Metre: 101001011001 10101011001 10101100 10100101101 0101100111 1100100101 1011001001 1001001011 111110101 111100101 1010100101 010010110 010110011 010101100 1101100101 100110111 1001100101 1000100101 000100101 1010101101 0011010101 11010111 11110100 100100100 11101111101 11101101001 1101100101 11001011111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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