This is an analysis of Southampton Water by William Lisle Bowles.
Smooth went our boat upon the summer seas,
Leaving, for so it seemed, the world behind,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbabccbdeedffbggbhh
- Stanza lengths: 20,
- Metre: 1111010101 1011010101 0101011101 0101011101 110110011101 0011010111 1101101101 1101010101 0101101101 1111110101 0101010111 1011010111 1111111111 10010010100 1001010101 1111010101 1011110101 1101010101 1101110101 1111011111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 20
