This is an analysis of Beeny Cliff by Thomas Hardy.
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O the opal and the sapphire of that wandering western sea,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaa aaaa Xbbb Xaaa accc
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 1 10101010001100101 101010101011101 01011111110011 11 011100111011101 00101010101101001 1111100011111011 1 010111111111001 10010101000110001 110111011101001 1 101010101110001 111111111011101 101110111011111 1 101010101111101 010101110100101 111111101011101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 20
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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