This is an analysis of Lines Written On The Morning Of The Dreadful Fire by Thomas Cowherd.
Oh! there has come on us a dreadful calamity,
Our fine Depot Buildings in ruin lie low.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab acXc dede cfgf dhdh gidi
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 1111110100100 11101001011 1111100100100 010101010101 0010010011010 110110011001 11110101010110 1101001011 111010100010 11001011011 1110110111010 00101001001 110011011010 11101011011 111011000010 11011011111 111011111010 11111001001 111111110010 11011001001 110110110010 01101101011 010110110010 11101001101
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 24
