This is an analysis of Lines...Account Of Lincoln's Departure From Springfield For Washington by Thomas Cowherd.
He stood-the noble Lincoln-calm, though, sad,
About to part from those with whom he lived…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXXbcXXdacbefffgddhihjheehafXXaX kdXffXe abhgjXkihfa
- Stanza lengths: 33,7,11,
- Metre: 1101010111 0101010111 1100010100 0111011110 01010101010 11111101010 011011101 010110101 1101000101 1111011101 1111010111 0101110111 1111000101 11110010111 1111010101 1111110100 1011011101 0111110111 1111110101 1101111101 1011010101 1101011100 1101011101 0111110111 0101110111 0101010101 0111001101 01001001001 1101111111 1111111101 1101111111 0111000101 11110100100 0101010101 1101011101 0101101111 0101110101 111101011011 1101001101 0101010101 1111011101 1111000101 1111010001 1101110101 11010101001 01101101001 11010011101 0011010101 1101111111 11011001001 1101111101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 51
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