This is an analysis of At The Sea-Side by Robert Louis Stevenson.

When I was down beside the sea
A wooden spade they gave to me…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aab ccb
  • Stanza lengths: 3,3,
  • Metre: 11110101 01011101 010101 11010101 010010111 101111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 6