Analysis of Sonnet 01
Alan Seeger 1888 (New York City) – 1916
Sidney, in whom the heyday of romance
Came to its precious and most perfect flower,
Whether you tourneyed with victorious lance
Or brought sweet roundelays to Stella's bower,
I give myself some credit for the way
I have kept clean of what enslaves and lowers,
Shunned the ideals of our present day
And studied those that were esteemed in yours;
For, turning from the mob that buys Success
By sacrificing all Life's better part,
Down the free roads of human happiness
I frolicked, poor of purse but light of heart,
And lived in strict devotion all along
To my three idols -- Love and Arms and Song.
| Scheme | ABABCDCEFGHGII |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 100101101 11110010110 1011101001 111111010 111110101 1111111010 1001110101 0101100101 1101011101 110011101 1011110100 111111111 0101010101 1111010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 605 |
| Words | 109 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 477 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 107 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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