This is an analysis of The Paradox Of Time by Henry Austin Dobson.

Time goes, you say? Ah no!
Alas, Time stays, we go;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aAabbA ccaddA eeaffA ggXeeA bbabbAXccaddA
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,13,
  • Metre: 111111 011111 110011 1101010 110111 111111 100101 011101 111111 111111 011101 011111 100101 110101 111101 100111 110101 111111 111111 110101 0111011 111101 111101 011111 101101 110101 011101 1111010 1111010 111111 111111 010111 100101 110101 111111 011111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 36

Repeated words/phrases

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