This is an analysis of Sonnet 07 by Alan Seeger.

There have been times when I could storm and plead,
But you shall never hear me supplicate.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXbcbcdadaee
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101111111 1111011100 1111110111 1111011000 1111010111 11010010011 0110010111 10010010111 1001010111 0110100111 1100010111 1111101101 1101011011 1111111101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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