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

. . . . . . . . .
This only grant me: that my means may lie…

Read full poem

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabccbddeeXaXXffggeeeeaa
  • Stanza lengths: 0,24,
  • 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: 1
  • Lines: 25

Anaphora

Epiphora

Anadiplosis