This is an analysis of Sail On, Sail On by Thomas Moore.

Sail on, sail on, thou fearless bark --
Where'er blows the welcome wind,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcccX dedefgfg
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,
  • Metre: 11111101 10010101 01010111 11111101 11110101 101011110 11111111 110111110 11111101 11110111 010010101 01111111 10110111 11011101 100011101 11111111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

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