This is an analysis of A Song Of The Sea. by Robert Crawford.

Here within the half-light 'tween the night and day
Upon the sands I lie, with thoughts that idly stirr'd…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaBabaBcbcB
  • Stanza lengths: 12,
  • Metre: 10101110111 010111011101 11001011101 11001110111 011110010001 11100010111 110011010101 11001110111 11110100111 010101000101 010011010101 11001110111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 12

Anaphora

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