This is an analysis of Know'st Thou What Gray Methuselah by Konstantin Nikolaevich Batiushkov.

Know'st thou what gray Methuselah
Pronounced when parting with this life?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXaaXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 7,
  • Metre: 11110100 01110001 1101 1101 11010111 11010101 101011101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 7

Epiphora

slave