This is an analysis of Sonnets 11: As To Some Lovely Temple, Tenantless by Edna St. Vincent Millay.

As to some lovely temple, tenantless
Long since, that once was sweet with shivering brass,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaaaaaXabcdbdc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1011010100 11111101001 10101010101 1101011011 0111011100 0100011111 10110101110 1001010101 1101010001 1101010101 11111101101 1111011111 1111011111 10110010111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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