This is an analysis of To England At The Outbreak Of The Balkan War by Alan Seeger.
A cloud has lowered that shall not soon pass o'er.
The world takes sides: whether for impious aims…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaXbbccbadeade
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 011101111110 01111010101 01001101100 01001000101 1001010011 110111001 1101111100 01001011101 1011011111 1110011101 0101011101 1010101100 1001010101 1111000101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
