This is an analysis of The Sea-Shell by Virna Sheard.

Oh, fairy palace of pink and pearl
Frescoed with filigree silver-white,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xabba Xcddc
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,
  • Metre: 110100111 100101101 100100101 110111101 110101 111011101 1001001010 110101001 111011111 0111010
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 10