This is an analysis of The Sea Spirit by Madison Julius Cawein.

Ah me! I shall not waken soon
From dreams of such divinity!…

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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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