This is an analysis of Ne'Er Ask The Hour by Thomas Moore.

Ne'er ask the hour -- what is it to us
How Time deals out his treasures?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaXXcbcaBAX bdbdededaBAX
  • Stanza lengths: 12,12,
  • Metre: 1101010001 1111010 01010111 11011100 010010110110 110110010 11001111010 11110010 110110001 1101010 010101111 01111100 111101010 1111010 110101010 01011010 1111001101 11101110 101011101111 11111110 110110001 1101010 010101111 01111100
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 24