This is an analysis of Sonnet Xiv by Alan Seeger.
IT may be for the world of weeds and tares
And dearth in Nature of sweet Beauty's rose…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaaaaaaXbcdbcd
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 01010101110 1101001101 1111001101 1001011100 1011110101 11010111001 1111010101 1001010110 1101010101 11010001001 1001011001 010110101 1101001101 1001111111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
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