This is an analysis of Struggle by Sidney Lanier.

My soul is like the oar that momently
Dies in a desperate stress beneath the wave,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,
  • Metre: 1101011100 10010010101 1101011101 1100110111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 4