This is an analysis of The House Of Faith by Francis Joseph Sherman.
I would not have thee, dear, in darkness sit,
On days like this, hand clasped in quiet hand,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaa bbacc deed
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,4,
- Metre: 1111110101 1110110101 01001001101 1101111100 1011011111 1100011111 1001010101 11111100001 11110111101 1111110111 1011111101 0101000111 1101110110 1111110111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 16
