This is an analysis of Song Of The Sea-Wind by Lucy Maud Montgomery.

When the sun sets over the long blue wave
I spring from my couch of rest,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XabacXbX dcdcacac ceXeacec
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 1011100111 10101101 11101110101 11001001 110100101 1111000 111010101 100100101 010111111 11100101 110100101 1110111 1101100111 1110101 1011110101 1010111 110010101 110101 0010101111 1010101 110111101 0101100 0100100101 1010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

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