This is an analysis of The Appointed Time by Aeschylus.

Yet though a man gets many wounds in breast,
He dieth not, unless the appointed time,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaX
  • Stanza lengths: 5,
  • Metre: 1101110101 1110100101 0100011101 1101110111 1101011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: cinquain
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 5