This is an analysis of Sonnet Ii by Alan Seeger.

Her courts are by the flux of flaming ways,
Between the rivers and the illumined sky…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaXccabdabda
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0111010101 01010100101 11010100011 11010001001 1101111101 0101010101 0101100101 1101010101 10110111001 1101111101 1101110101 0111010101 0101110001 0101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14