This is an analysis of Lyonesse by Alan Seeger.

In Lyonesse was beauty enough, men say:
Long Summer loaded the orchards to excess,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaX Xab aXaX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,3,4,
  • Metre: 0101100111 11010010011 10111100101 010 10101111000 10111001001 1011100100 11010100101 11110100100 011100100101 010
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 13