This is an analysis of Sonnet 02 by Alan Seeger.
Not that I always struck the proper mean
Of what mankind must give for what they gain,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaXbcbcXXdbXd
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1111110101 0111111111 1111011101 1001010110 10111100101 1111010101 1011011111 1111110111 1111010111 0111111100 10011101010 11101011101 1101010101 11110111010
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
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