This is an analysis of Sea-Ward, White Gleaming Thro' The Busy Scud (Fragment) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

Sea-ward, white gleaming thro' the busy scud
With arching Wings, the sea-mew o'er my head…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 6,
  • Metre: 1111010101 01010111011 1111111100 1001011101 1101011101 010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 6