This is an analysis of Vivien by Alan Seeger.

Her eyes under their lashes were blue pools
Fringed round with lilies; her bright hair unfurled…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbXbccXcdacda
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0110110011 10101001101 1011110101 01010111110 1101110001 10011110101 1111011101 010100100 0111010101 1011111101 100100100101 11010111101 1111111111 1001110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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