This is an analysis of The Nympholept by Alan Seeger.
There was a boy -- not above childish fears --
With steps that faltered now and straining ears,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeeeeeebbeeddffggaaffaXhhXbaaddddcciieedd
- Stanza lengths: 49,
- Metre: 1101101101 0111011101 1010001101 1111110101 11110101001 1111001101 100011001001 1100010111 11001010101 1111010111 0101010111 0110110101 1100010101 1111010111 1111011101 0111011111 1111111101 1001010101 01001011101 0111110101 10010000101 1001010111 0111010001 10110101010 11101101010 1101010100 01110111001 1100111101 1111111101 0101011001 011010101000 1101011101 010010100 01110010110 1111111100 111101011 1101110101 1011110101 11110011101 1101110101 1101011101 1111010101 1011010111 1101010101 1011000101 10111100101 1001010111 1011010111 1011000101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 49
Repeated words/phrases
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