This is an analysis of A Sea-Shore Grave. To M. J. L. by Sidney Lanier.
By Sidney and Clifford Lanier.
O wish that's vainer than the plash…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: a XaXX bcbX dede fcfc
- Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11011001 11110101 01110101 101010101 1111111100 11110101 010111001 1011100111 1101100100 11110101 01110111 11011001 110011111 110101001 01111101 11111101 11111001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 17
Repeated words/phrases
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