This is an analysis of La Mer by Oscar Wilde.
A white mist drifts across the shrouds,
A wild moon in this wintry sky…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abba cddc edde
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
- Metre: 01110101 01100101 11110101 10010101 01010101 01011001 10010101 10110101 01011101 01011101 10110101 110111001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 12
Anaphora
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