This is an analysis of Athe Anniverse. An Elegy. by Henry King.
So soon grown old! hast thou been six years dead?
Poor earth, once by my Love inhabited!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXXbXccaaddddbbeeffbXggeebbcc
- Stanza lengths: 30,
- Metre: 1111110101 1111110100 1111010101 0111011101 1100011111 1001110100 1100110111 0111000101 1111100111 000110001 1101011111 0101010111 1111011100 0011011001 0101010101 1111100100 1101111111 1111010101 0111110001 1111011101 1011010101 1011011011 11010011101 111101010 1101011111 0111010001 1101010100 10010111001 01011111000 1101100011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 30
