This is an analysis of A Tribute To The Bravery Of My Cousin, Mrs. T. A. Cowherd by Thomas Cowherd.
Dear cousin, I hail you as Mother most brave,
Who crossed in mid-winter Atlantic's broad wave!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aAaa bbcc bbXX ddcc bbee ffgg hhaa bbgg ggee bbiiXeeaA
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 11011111011 11011001011 11101001101 11101011101 01011011111 01101011011 11111101101 1010110101101 11111011111 11111001111 10101001011 010111111010 11111011111 11011000101 11011001011 010110011001 01011101001 11011011111 11111011001 10111001101 11011111001 10110101011 11011111011 11011001011 11011001011 11001111001 01011101001 11101011101 11111001101 01011011101 01011011001 11011011010 11001111101 11001011001 01011011101 11111011001 11011111011 11101101001 11001001011 11011011001 11101011101 11111111101 11111111011 11011001011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 11
- Lines: 44
Repeated words/phrases
you, to, your, i
