This is an analysis of Sonnet Ix by Alan Seeger.

Amid the florid multitude her face
Was like the full moon seen behind the lace…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccaXcccddc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0101010101 1101110101 0101110101 10110011001 1011100101 01011101101 1011010101 10010111000 1110010101 0111010111 1110010101 1111010101 010011100101 1111110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14