This is an analysis of Coucy by Alan Seeger.

The rooks aclamor when one enters here
Startle the empty towers far overhead;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXcXbdebde
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0110011101 10010101101 1101010101 1111010101 0111011111 1011011101 01110100001 1101111100 0101001101 11010101001 111001101 1111100101 1001110011 01010111011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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