This is an analysis of Marsh Song -- At Sunset. by Sidney Lanier.
Over the monstrous shambling sea,
Over the Caliban sea,…
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