This is an analysis of Quick! We Have But A Second by Thomas Moore.

Quick! we have but a second,
Fill round the cup while you may;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aBaBcdcdABAB efefbbbbAbAB
  • Stanza lengths: 12,12,
  • Metre: 1111010 1101111 1101110 1110101 1010110 111101 11110010 1100101 11111010 1101111 1101110 1110101 1011010 111101 1111110 1110101 111101 0101111 10111111 110101 11111010 1111111 1101110 1110101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 24