This is an analysis of She Saunters By The Swinging Seas by William Ernest Henley.

She sauntered by the swinging seas,
A jewel glittered at her ear,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cXcX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 110010101 01010101 11000101 110010111 11010111 111100001 01010101 010101000
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

Anaphora

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