This is an analysis of Sonnet Viii by Robert Louis Stevenson.
As Daniel, bird-alone, in that far land,
Kneeling in fervent prayer, with heart-sick eyes…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaaXbacddece
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1101010111 1001010111 1101000101001 11100010111 0101010111 1100010100 1011110101 10010101001 1111011101 1101010110 1101010101 1101010011 0101110101 0011010111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
