This is an analysis of Age by John Kenyon.

Full oft you're plaining that in age
Our faculties and feelings die.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 11110101 11001101 10101101 11111111 11110111 11110111 11111001 11110111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8