... lust will turn into ashes. The dominant poetic device is its metrical system. It has a unique meter and rhyme scheme, unlike the common iambic pentameter used in England at the time this poem was written. It is written in iambic tetrameter and it thoroughly makes use of end rhymes in couplets ("twos"). For example, Line 1 (Had we but world enough, and ... ...

• Word Count: 1363
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School