This is an analysis of Time's Defeat by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Time has made conquest of so many things
That once were mine. Swift-footed, eager youth…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbca dXXX aeXXdfbcbccXfX Xbed
- Stanza lengths: 5,4,14,4,
- Metre: 1111001101 1101110101 1101001101 1111010101 1111010011 0111011101 1101000101 1011000101 1111011101 1101001101 0110011101 1100011101 1101001101 1111000101 1100111111 1101010101 1101110101 1101110101 1001110001 1101110101 1101010111 1111000101 0101010 111 1101010101 1111010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 29
Repeated words/phrases
that, and, of
Anaphora
that, and
