This is an analysis of At The Age Of 35 by John Le Gay Brereton.

Gone are the aching want, the unceasing fret,
Mad flight and moaning over battered wings,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXaabbaXcddXc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 11010100101 1111010101 1101110101 1001010101 1111011001 0101010111 1011010101 1101110100 1101010101 0111010101 1101010101 0101110111 11110100010 1101011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

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