This is an analysis of While I Listen To Thy Voice by Edmund Waller.
While I listen to thy voice,
Chloris, I feel my life decay;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaXabb aaccdd
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,
- Metre: 1110011 10111101 11001 1110101 1011101 1010101 11011101 1010111 01011 1111 0101101 01111111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 12
