This is an analysis of Old Age by Arthur Symons.
It may be, when this city of the nine gates
Is broken down by ruinous old age,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbacddXecce
- Stanza lengths: 12,
- Metre: 01010100011 0101110011 1110110100 11011111001 11110010101 11101100101 11000101101 1000010101 0101110100 110101010010 11010001010 11111100100
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 12
Repeated words/phrases
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