This is an analysis of Seeing the Eclipse in Maine by Robert Bly.
It started about noon. On top of Mount Batte,
We were all exclaiming. Someone had a cardboard…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXbc cXaX ddaaXba
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,7,
- Metre: 01001111011 101010111011 10111111101 010101101110 01100101110 1110011100 10001011011 110111101 11101101011 100101011 101011101 011110100110 111011101 10110101111
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 14
