This is an analysis of Serenade by Oscar Wilde.
THE western wind is blowing fair
Across the dark Ægean sea,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd eaeabdbd fafafcfc fcfcBAbaXfbfbBAba
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,17,
- Metre: 01010101 010111 11010101 11010111 11010101 01010101 11110101 11011111 10111101 01011111 11000111 01110111 11010101 11010101 11111101 11011101 11010111 01010101 10010101 11010101 01011111 01110101 10010101 10010101 11110101 11010101 00111101 01011101 11010111 010101001 00010111 11110101 01011111 01110101 01011101 11010101 11010111 010101001 11110101 11110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
come, down, love, o
Anaphora
o, or
