Analysis of Sonnet 05

Alan Seeger 1888 (New York City) – 1916



Seeing you have not come with me, nor spent
This day's suggestive beauty as we ought,
I have gone forth alone and been content
To make you mistress only of my thought.
And I have blessed the fate that was so kind
In my life's agitations to include
This moment's refuge where my sense can find
Refreshment, and my soul beatitude.
Oh, be my gentle love a little while!
Walk with me sometimes. Let me see you smile.
Watching some night under a wintry sky,
Before the charge, or on the bed of pain,
These blessed memories shall revive again
And be a power to cheer and fortify


Scheme ABABCDCAEEFGHF
Poetic Form
Metre 1011111111 1101010111 1111010110 1111010111 0111011111 0111101 1101011111 0100111 1111010101 1110111111 1011100101 0101110111 1110010101 0101011010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 580
Words 110
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 450
Words per stanza (avg) 108
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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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