This is an analysis of A Vote (Excerpt) by Abraham Cowley.

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This only grant me: that my means may lie…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabccbdd eeXaXXff ggeeeeaa
  • Stanza lengths: 0,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 0101111111 1111010111 110111 10111001 110110111 101101 01011111101 1001010101 1111010101 1111011101 110101 11011100 11111100 1101010 0101111101 1011000011 1111011101 1111011101 100101 11011101 11111111 110111 0101110101 1011011101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 25

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Anadiplosis