This is an analysis of By The Seaside by William Wordsworth.

The sun is couched, the sea-fowl gone to rest,
And the wild storm hath somewhere found a nest;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccccddaaXaeeaaffccbbbbaaccbbXffggfX
  • Stanza lengths: 39,
  • Metre: 0101011101 1011111101 1101011101 1001000101 0111010001 1101010101 1010010001 0101010101 1001011111 0101000101 1101110101 1011010111 11010101100 1001011101 1101011101 1101110101 1111001101 1101000111 1111011101 1101111001 1001110101 1111010101 1101000111 1001011101 1001011001 1011011001 0111010101 1001110111 1111110101 0101011101 1001110101 01001100100 1101011110 1101011101 1101001101 1100111101 10010111001 11011101010 0011101110100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 39

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