Analysis of Coucy

Alan Seeger 1888 (New York City) – 1916



The rooks aclamor when one enters here
Startle the empty towers far overhead;
Through gaping walls the summer fields appear,
Green, tan, or, poppy-mingled, tinged with red.
The courts where revel rang deep grass and moss
Cover, and tangled vines have overgrown
The gate where banners blazoned with a cross
Rolled forth to toss round Tyre and Ascalon.
Decay consumes it. The old causes fade.
And fretting for the contest many a heart
Waits their Tyrtaeus to chant on the new.
Oh, pass him by who, in this haunted shade
Musing enthralled, has only this much art,
To love the things the birds and flowers love too.


Scheme ABCBDEDEFGHFGH
Poetic Form
Metre 01111101 10010101101 1101010101 1111010111 0111011101 100101101 011101101 11111101 0101101101 01010101001 11111101 1111101101 1001110111 11010101011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 619
Words 109
Sentences 7
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 487
Words per stanza (avg) 107
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Alan Seeger

Alan Seeger was an American poet who fought and died in World War I during the Battle of the Somme serving in the French Foreign Legion. more…

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