This is an analysis of I Saw From The Beach by Thomas Moore.

I saw from the beach, when the morning was shining,
A bark o'er the waters move gloriously on;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb adad
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 110011010110 0110010110001 1110110111010 01111101001 110010111010 110001101111 111111110101 11111101101 111110110010 110110011101 1011011110010 11101011001
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12