This is an analysis of On The Bay by Lucy Maud Montgomery.
When the salt wave laps on the long, dim shore,
And frets the reef with its windy sallies,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababccaa bdbdeeaa cfcfgghh ididjjhh
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 1011110111 1101001010 1011101011 0101001010 110100111 11000111000 0100110101 1100100101 0100101101 0111011010 1100100101 0101011010 11101111 010100101 11110110101 011111101 1011100101 10101011110 1100111111 01001101010 1010100101 0101101111 00100110101 010011101 010100111 00111101110 111011111 010010001010 111011111 10101111101 1010110101 10110100101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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