This is an analysis of The Old Lowe House, Staten Island by Alan Seeger.

Another prospect pleased the builder's eye,
And Fashion tenanted (where Fashion wanes)…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdcdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0101010101 1101001101 1001000101 1111010101 1000010111 0101000101 10010011101 1101000111 1101010111 0011001100 11010011111 1001000101 11010011101 1001110100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14