This is an analysis of I Loved... by Alan Seeger.

I loved illustrious cities and the crowds
That eddy through their incandescent nights.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababacbcXdeede
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 11010010101 1101110101 1101010011 10110010101 1111011101 01001111011 0110010101 11010101101 1011010100 01010010011 0011010001 1101010101 1101011101 11001010011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14