This is an analysis of Against Hope by Abraham Cowley.
HOPE, whose weak Being ruin'd is,
Alike if it succeed, and if it miss ;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXbbccdeff ccggbbeeXX deggXaaaff bbhhXXiiaa
- Stanza lengths: 10,10,10,10,
- Metre: 11110100 0100011001 1011110001 1101010101 11111101 11111011 0111010100 0101 0110111101 1100110101 11110001 1111111001 1111011111 1100010001 011101011 110010011 0100110100 11010101 1111111101 0011010101 11010100 1111110110 1101111111 1111111101 1101111100 01111101 0111110101 11110001 11111010101 1101011111 10011101 01011111111 100010101010 11010101010 100110000 10111010 1101110101 01010001 11101010111 1111110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 40
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