This is an analysis of The Sea Spirit by Madison Julius Cawein.
Ah me! I shall not waken soon
From dreams of such divinity!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abaC dcdC aXaC ebec dXdC fcfC
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11111101 01010100 01010101 01 11110001 01110111 11000111 01 01111101 11110100 10011101 01 11111101 01010100 111100011 11 11011111 11100000 11000101 11 11000111 01110111 010000101 11
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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