It follows the rhyme scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GG, and is composed in iambic pentameter, a poetic metre in which each line has five feet, and each foot is a pair of weak/strong syllables.
The poem follows a specific rhyming pattern of ABAB CDCD EFEF GG, and it is composed using iambic pentameter, a type of meter that consists of five metrical feet per line, with each foot comprising a weak and strong syllable pair.