This is an analysis of Middle-Aged by Ezra Pound.
‘Tis but a vague, invarious delight
As gold that rains about some buried king.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ab cbacX XXcaadadecd ccX Xe
- Stanza lengths: 2,5,11,3,2,
- Metre: 110110001 1111011101 1011 110100 1101100101 1101111111 11001110100 10110011 011101011100 1101100100 110101 0101010100 110101111 11011 110111 1111 1111010111 1101010100 1101 011100 010101 01111101 010100
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 23
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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