This is an analysis of A Prayer For Old Age by Madison Julius Cawein.

These are the things which I would ask of Time:
When I am old,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXba X ccccc X deded X bfbfb g cbcbc g bbbbb X fhfhf X ijiji
  • Stanza lengths: 5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,1,5,
  • Metre: 1101111101 1111 100101110001 0111 0110111111 1 1001010111 0111 01110011011 1011 0101011101 1 1001011111 1101 11010010111 1111 1110111101 1 1001011101 10101 11001111101 0101 1101111101 1 1001111101 0101 1101011111 11011 11010010011 1 1001110101 1101 1001010011 1001 1011010101 1 1001011101 1101 0111111101 1101 0101010011 1 1111111101 1101 10010111101 1111 1111011101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 15
  • Lines: 47

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