This is an analysis of Sonnet To Ocean by Thomas Hood.

Shall I rebuke thee, Ocean, my old love,
That once, in rage, with the wild winds at strife,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaaccadedede
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101110111 1101001111 11010110001 1011011101 1111110111 1111011111 1111011101 1111010101 1111011111 1111011111 1101101101 01101110111 1011111101 1001110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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