This is an analysis of Sonnet Xv by Alan Seeger.
Above the ruin of God's holy place,
Where man-forsaken lay the bleeding rood,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbacXbacdecde
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 0101001101 1101010101 1111110101 1111011101 1101000101 01110011100 10011010101 10011111011 1101110001 1001010101 1111010101 1110111011 1101110011 01111000111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
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