This is an analysis of Rendezvous by Alan Seeger.

I have a rendezvous with Death
At some disputed barricade,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ABABbcAc bbadAdcc efeacafcXX
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,10,
  • Metre: 11010101 11010101 11010101 11010101 101110101 11010101 11010101 101111111 01011111 11100011 11111111 01011111 11010101 11110101 101110101 101111001 11110001 100011101 11110101 11011101 11100011 11010101 11101101 101110101 11011111 11111101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 26

Repeated words/phrases

and, my, to

Anaphora

and