This is an analysis of Sonnet 10 by Alan Seeger.
I have sought Happiness, but it has been
A lovely rainbow, baffling all pursuit,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbabccbXddXXX
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1111001010 01011100101 1101010101 1101011101 0101010001 01001110101 1101010111 1111010010 1111110111 00110101101 1011011101 100010100100 1101010101 0101011111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
