This is an analysis of The Surges Gushed And Sounded by William Ernest Henley.

The surges gushed and sounded,
The blue was the blue of June,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXb Xcac
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 0101110 0110101 110101001 100101 0101110 011111 10110101 011111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

and

Anaphora

the