This is an analysis of As Old George Said by Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis.

Said old George Jones: 'All in a hundred years.
'Tis little time enough, and well may make…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababXaXA ccccaXXA dedeaaXA XfXfXaXA
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 1111100100 1101011111 0101010101 0111111111 0101010101 1111011111 1101111100 1111 1001011101 0101111111 1101110111 11011101001 1100110100 11010101100 1111111111 1111 1001010111 1001010111 0011111111 1101001111 11010101001 11001010101 1101110111 1111 1111101111 1101110101 0111111100 0111111101 1101000111 11110111001 1101000101 1111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 35

Repeated words/phrases

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