This is an analysis of The House Of Sin by Francis Joseph Sherman.

When Time is done at last, and the last Spring
Fadeth on earth, and thy gaze seeketh mine,…

Read full poem

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbXa bbXXc dccd
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,4,
  • Metre: 11011110101 1011111101 1111111011 0100011000 1111111111 0111001101 1100110111 1011011000 1011011001 1011110101 00011101010 0111111111 0101111111 11010101010
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 15