Eksperymentuje między innymi z bardzo długimi wersami.
So time overcomes the regret that is born of delight as it passes in passion away, And leaves but a dream for desire to rejoice in or mourn for with tears or thanksgivings; but thou, Bright god that art gone from us, maddest and gladdest of months, to what goal hast thou gone from us now? For somewhere surely the storm of thy laughter that lightens, the beat of thy wings that play, Must flame as a fire through the world, and the heavens that we know not rejoice in thee: surely thy brow Hath lost not its radiance of empire, thy spirit the joy that impelled it on quest as for prey. Are thy feet on the ways of the limitless waters, thy wings on the winds of the waste north sea? (March. An Ode)
Swinburne często wykorzystuje aliterację, czyli współbrzmienie początkowe nazywane też z niemiecka Stabreim: To burst the bonds of the winter, and speak with the sound of a sea (The Armada);