This is an analysis of On Time by John Milton.

Fly, envious Time, till thou run out thy race,
Call on the lazy leaden-stepping hours,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcaacXdaaddcccceffe
  • Stanza lengths: 22,
  • Metre: 11001111111 11010101010 1101010101 11100111010 1011110111 110101 110011 110011 11111111100 1101110101 1101001111 01101001 1111011101 11001100100 110001 0111111101 010011 01111010101 1111010111 11010101 0101111101 10101111111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 22

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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