This is an analysis of Old And Young by Christopher Pearse Cranch.

1.
THEY soon grow old who grope for gold…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXXaaXaabbcc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1 11111111 01110111 11111111 01011111 1001101001 10110101 1 11111101 10110011001 11010101 11010111 100010111 10110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Anaphora

where, for