This is an analysis of Marsh Song -- At Sunset. by Sidney Lanier.

Over the monstrous shambling sea,
Over the Caliban sea,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aAXba aAbba aAcca
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,
  • Metre: 10010101 1001001 110011100 111100111 110010 10011101 1001001 11001101001 01011111 110111 100111001 1001001 11011001001 11001101 101101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 15

Repeated words/phrases

and

Anaphora

over

Epiphora

sea