This is an analysis of Barnacles by Sidney Lanier.
My soul is sailing through the sea,
But the Past is heavy and hindereth me.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXXbbbc aadddddc
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,
- Metre: 11010101 10101011001 01110101 11010111 0111 01110111 1100101101 11001010 111111101 110010101 111101111 11011101 0101 11101101 11110001 1111110
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 16
