This is an analysis of 'The Old Man Of The Sea.' by Paul Hamilton Hayne.
GRIEVOUS, in sooth, was luckless Sindbad's plight,
Saddled with that foul monster of the sea;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbaabbcac
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1001110101 1001110001 11011100101 1111110101 11001011101 0111010111 10011110110 1101011101 1111111111 1101000111 0111111101 1101010111 1101110101 1111010100
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
