Analysis of Sonnet VI
Alan Seeger 1888 (New York City) – 1916
Give me the treble of thy horns and hoofs,
The ponderous undertones of 'bus and tram,
A garret and a glimpse across the roofs
Of clouds blown eastward over Notre Dame,
The glad-eyed streets and radiant gatherings
Where I drank deep the bliss of being young,
The strife and sweet potential flux of things
I sought Youth's dream of happiness among!
It walks here aureoled with the city-light,
Forever through the myriad-featured mass
Flaunting not far its fugitive embrace, --
Heard sometimes in a song across the night,
Caught in a perfume from the crowds that pass,
And when love yields to love seen face to face.
Scheme | ABCDEFEFGHIGHI |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101011101 0100101101 0100010101 1111010101 01110100100 1111011101 0101010111 1111110001 111110101 01010100101 1011110001 1010010101 1000110111 0111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 621 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 490 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 107 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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