This is an analysis of Bathing In The River by Abraham Cowley.
The fish around her crowded, as they do
To the false light that treacherous fisher shew,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccc ddeeaaa bbeeaaa ffaaeee bbbbaaa gggghhh
- Stanza lengths: 7,7,7,7,7,7,
- Metre: 0101010111 00111100101 1101111100 111111 110111 010101 11001010111 10111110010 11011111010 1101110101 01111100 111101 11011111 1100111101 01001110101 11110011001 1011001111 111101 11010101 110011111 1111010101 10111111001 11001011101 10110011001 001101 11011111 11111101 11001011101 1001010111 10110001001 1101110101 01010111 100101 110011 01110011101 1011101101 10111100001 1011111111 101101 1010001 010111 11111111001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 42
Repeated words/phrases
as, and, to, your, her
Anaphora
tell
