This is an analysis of Death's Final Conquest by James Shirley.
The glories of our birth and state
Are shadows, not substantial things;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababccdd dedeaaff gbgbhhaa
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
- Metre: 01001111 11110101 10110011 11010111 1011 1101 10010101 00110111 1101101 11110111 11111111 11110101 1011 1101 111111001 11110101 01010111 11111101 01110101 11010101 1111 0011 10010001 11110001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
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