This is an analysis of Antinous by Alan Seeger.
Stretched on a sunny bank he lay at rest,
Ferns at his elbow, lilies round his knees,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXaXbcbcacdacd
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1101011111 1101110101 0111010111 1001100100100 10111001001 1011110101 1001100101 1100110101 1111000101 1011110111 1011010101 0111010101 1101110111 0101111101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
