This is an analysis of Sunk Lyonesse by Walter de la Mare.

In sea-cold Lyonesse,
When the Sabbath eve shafts down…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXbcb cdXdefXfXeae
  • Stanza lengths: 8,12,
  • Metre: 01110 1010111 101110 00101 0101110 10110001 10100111 11000001 1010101 01110011 10111 01000111 10101011 10010101 001001011 0010101 11010111 11101101 11100101 100111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 20

Anaphora

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