This is an analysis of A Petition To Time by Barry Cornwall.
TOUCH us gently, Time!
Let us glide adown thy stream…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabaCcbb adXdCcXa
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,
- Metre: 11101 1111011 1011011 10101 1010011 1011101 1011101 0010101 11101 11111101 1010110 10101 1010011 1111001 1010111 1110101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 16
