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,…

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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

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