This is an analysis of Passing by Sir Lewis Morris.

To spring, to bloom, to fade,
This is the sum of the laborious years ;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbac dbbdc aeeabXaaaab
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,11,
  • Metre: 0010101 00010001000 1111110101 111111 1001001111101 110111 1101011101 1110111101 111111 101101011111 11001001 0100101111 1101000101 111101 101101110101 011101 1011010111 0111000011 110101 1101001110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 20

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