This is an analysis of Sun And Shadow by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
As I look from the isle, o'er its billows of green,
To the billows of foam-crested blue,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd aeaefcfc ghghieie
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
- Metre: 1110011001001 001001101 11101001001 11011001 11001111001 101001001 11101111101 01101101 101001001001 01011011 11011001111 11111001 11001011001 001101001 111101101101 1001001001 11001001101 11101011 01011111001 11101111 11011101111 11111101 11101011001 11111001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 24
