This is an analysis of As Slow Our Ship by Thomas Moore.

As slow our ship her foamy track
Against the wind was cleaving,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXabcdcD ebebfdfD gXgbdddd cbcbhdhd
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 11110101 0101110 010010111 0111110 11110111 0101111 11111111 0111011 11010100 1101010 01111101 1111110 110011101 1101111 11011101 0111011 11010111 1111100 111100111 1111010 11111011 01011011 01110110 0111011 110011111 1101010 01011111 1101010 110101001 0111011 11011101 011111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 32

Repeated words/phrases

we, us, and