This is an analysis of Les Silhouettes by Oscar Wilde.

The sea is flecked with bars of grey,
The dull dead wind is out of tune,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abba caac adda
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 010100101 01110101 11010101 01010101 11010101 10110101 10010101 01011101 11010101 11010101 01110101 11010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Anaphora

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