This is an analysis of The King of the Seas by Stephen Crane.

The Ocean said to me once,
'Look!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXXacXccb abdXadcd
  • Stanza lengths: 11,8,
  • Metre: 0101011 1 10101 001010 1110 111100 010111 0111 1010101 110101 11111101 100 11 101001 111101 01001 101010 0111101 01001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 19

Repeated words/phrases

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