This is an analysis of This Life Is All Chequer'D With Pleasures And Woes by Thomas Moore.

This life is all chequer'd with pleasures and woes,
That chase one another like waves of the deep --…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababccccdada XdXdceceadad
  • Stanza lengths: 12,12,
  • Metre: 010110001011 11101011001 11011011001 01011111011 11011111001 1010100101101 111101101001 011001011001 11101001011 01101011101 01011011001 101101011011 11011001001 11101101101 11001101111 1010011010101 110111011110 01011110001 1100101010110 11111111011 11101011001 110001011011 11111111101 001001101011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

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