This is an analysis of Vita Nuova by Oscar Wilde.

I STOOD by the unvintageable sea
Till the wet waves drenched face and hair with spray,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXabbXcdeced
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 111010001 1011111101 0111000101 1001011100 10010100101 1011110101 1111011101 01111011000 111010100111 1011011101 0001110101 1101010111 0101001101 1011011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

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