This is an analysis of Liebestod by Alan Seeger.
I who, conceived beneath another star,
Had been a prince and played with life, instead…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababbXbccdd dadaaeaeeff cgcggagaaff
- Stanza lengths: 11,11,11,
- Metre: 1101010101 1001110101 1001111111 0011111100 11100111001 1111010100 1011010111 1110011101 1011011101 11010001001 110111110011 1110010111 1111000111 0111011101 1111010111 0111110111 11100101010 0101110111 1110101010 11111101010 1101010101 100111100101 1101000101 1101111101 1111110101 1001011101 1001110111 11110111011 1111010011 1111011111 1100110111 10101011011 1111011101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 35
Repeated words/phrases
and, it, we
Anaphora
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