This is an analysis of Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold.
The sea is calm to-night.
The tide is full, the moon lies fair…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abacdbdcbecfef gagdad hbXbbhXc giigaffaa
- Stanza lengths: 14,6,8,9,
- Metre: 010101 01010111 0101101101 1101010101 10011100101 1001010011 10001101 101101101 10110101 0101011111 11011011 0111110101 010010111 001010100 100101 1010010101 0001010111 0101001 11000101 1001010101 0101 1111011111 11010011010 111101 0101010101 010001 0011101101 11010001 111101 0101010111 0101110101 1100110011 1101011111 1101111111 1111110101 10010101011 110010111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 37
Repeated words/phrases
and, so, nor
Anaphora
the, to
