This is an analysis of Vanishings by William Watson.
As one whose eyes have watched the stricken day
Swoon to its crimson death adown the sea,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabaabaacddece
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1111110101 1001011001 1001010100 1011011111 11001010011 10110010100 11100000100 11010101001 1101010111 0111010101 1111010100 1110010101 1001110101 0111010011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
