![]() ![]() The first four stanzas are perfect rhymes, the last two are consonant rhymes. ![]() The rhyme scheme is a regular ABCB pattern in each stanza. A iamb is a metrical foot made up of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable. The metrical rhythm alternates between iambic tetrameters, that is four iambs per line, in lines one and three, and iambic trimeters, that is three iambs per line, in lines two and four. The poem comprises six four-line stanzas, known as quatrains. It is for the reader to decide if this interpretation is valid. ![]() For Dickinson the sea, like the imagination, is both welcoming and destructive.įinally, some analysts see an erotic sub-text in this poem. The sea may initially seem peaceful and unthreatening but becomes more sinister. In this poem the narrator’s imagination undergoes a change. Because of the religious association there is a deep spiritual element to her poetry.Įmily Dickinson was also influenced by ballad structures, hence the four-line stanzas with strong rhythms, and the traditional second-and-fourth line rhyming scheme. She was a churchgoer and was influenced by the structured rhyme schemes and dignified tread of the melodies. The poem, like most of Dickinson’s work, relies on hymn and ballad forms. Although Emily Dickinson never saw the sea in her lifetime, she no doubt heard and read about its beauty and mystery. ![]()
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