This is an analysis of Sea Longings by Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
The first world-sound that fell upon my ear
Was that of the great winds along the coast…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcXdaXceeeafgXfefXdedXhidXXbicgecgdbXdhf
- Stanza lengths: 41,
- Metre: 0111110111 1100110101 1001110101 0101010100 0101110001 0111010111 1100010111 1111000101 0101111101 1101010101 11110111010 1011110101 1111010111 1001110001 1101010101 1111001101 0101010101 1011010111 1010010100 0100010111 0101011111 1001010101 101000101 0111010111 11010100101 1101010001 1001010001 1011011101 1001011111 1111010001 0101110110 10010010001 110100000101 0101010011 1111011101 1011001101 1001111101 1111010111 0101110111 1000010101 1011111101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 41
Repeated words/phrases
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