This is an analysis of Resignation by Alfred Austin.

Since we the march of Time can not arrest,
Keep you in step with him till Time shall end:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefbb
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101011101 1101011111 10110011001 1101011101 1101010001 10010101000 1101011101 01010110101 1011001111 1101110001 1111010001 1111010001 10110110001 1111101111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

you

Anaphora

nor