This is an analysis of Old Age by Edmund Waller.
The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er;
So calm are we when passions are no more.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XXaaXX bbccdd
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,
- Metre: 01110101110 1111110111 1111110101 0101110001 1001001101 0111001110 0111010101 1011111111 1011010101 1111010101 1001111111 1101011001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 12
