This is an analysis of Home Thoughts, From The Sea by Robert Browning.

Nobly, nobly Cape Saint Vincent to the North-west died away;
Sunset ran, one glorious blood-red, reeking into Cadiz Bay;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaaaX
  • Stanza lengths: 7,
  • Metre: 101011100011101 1111100111000011 101010101010101 001011101010111 10110101111111001 101110101010111 1101010101010100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 7