This is an analysis of Davideis: A Sacred Poem Of The Troubles Of David (Excerpt) by Abraham Cowley.
BOOK I (excerpt)
I sing the man who Judah's sceptre bore…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xaabbccddddee ccaadddddXccaaffgghhiijjcchhhX X
- Stanza lengths: 13,30,1,
- Metre: 1101 1101110101 0111110101 1011010101 0111111101 1101110101 1111101101 1001110101 1101010101 11010010101 1010010101 11001011101 1111000101 1111010101 1111011111 1101011101 1110111111 1111010001 01001110001 1111011101 11100111101 1101100111 1101011000 1101010111 1100011101 10111011101 1101010101 11110111001 0110010101 101111001001 1111101101 0111111111 1101110101 1011010011 1101001111 0101011001 0100110101 1101011101 11110101101 1101011111 10100101101 11001101101 111101010
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 44
Repeated words/phrases
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