This is a really excellent poem, It harks back to the classics of the 18th and 19 century, a truly masterful use of language.
... seriously this is really something.

A large proportion of poets on this site are maybe too youthful :) to appreciate the use of literary techniques...
I sense each line was masterfully crafted and each word deliberated on for long hours.

HAHA... I just reread that and it sounded like I offended just about everyone... I should have said;
"A large proportion of poets on this site are maybe too youthful to appreciate the use of literary techniques in this particular style of poem"