This is an analysis of Sonnet I. Written At Tinemouth, Northumberland, After A Tempestuous Voyage. by William Lisle Bowles.
As slow I climb the cliff's ascending side,
Much musing on the track of terror past…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbacbbcdbbdbb
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1111010101 1101010101 11001110101 1111110101 11001011101 0101101100 1101011111 0101110101 0110110101 1101111101 0101011101 1011110101 0111010101 1001010111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
