This is an analysis of Nemesis by Arthur Henry Adams.

All things must fade. There is for cities tall
The same tomorrow as for daffodils:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdbdcX
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111101101 0101111101 1111010101 1101010111 1001010101 01011011111 1111011111 0100011101 1001010101 1011111001 0101011101 1001000100 0011000101 0100010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14