This is an analysis of Sonnet Iv by Alan Seeger.

Up at his attic sill the South wind came
And days of sun and storm but never peace.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbaabbabcbbcb
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101010111 1101111101 01011100100 1101100101 1101000101 1001011101 11110101001 1101010101 1001010101 0101010101 1101001101 10001110001 0111110111 1101110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

his