This is an analysis of Sonnet 01 by Alan Seeger.

Sidney, in whom the heyday of romance
Came to its precious and most perfect flower,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdaeaeff
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1001011001 10010110110 101100001001 11110001010 1111110101 111101100110 100101011 1101100101 1100011101 1101011101 1011010100 11001011101 1101010101 0111011111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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