This is an analysis of Stanzas, On Seeing The 'Huron' Locomotive by Thomas Cowherd.
The Iron Horse has reached at last Cayuga's heights so near;
Look out, ye men of Brantford, now, for soon he will be here!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd bbee ffXgg ggbb bbbff bbdd bbff ffff fXaa hhffXffff
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,5,4,5,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 01011111100111 11110101111001 11010101010111 1101001111101001 01011111111101 11011101110111 11110101111101 11010101110101 01010101110101 110010101110101 11111101010101 11001101111101 11010101010100 11111101010101 1111010111111 1 01001101110101 110101011101110 110111011001110 11011101110101 11110101110101 11110101111111 1111111101110 1 11110101110111 10110101111101 110101010101001 01010110110111 010111010100101 01010101110001 01010101111101 010011101110111 11011101110101 010001010111111 110100110101001 010101111100101 01111101010101 11011101010101 111101000011001 11110101110010 11110101110001 01110100111111 11010001011101 11011101110111 11110101111001 11001001110101 11011101010101 111111010111001 111101110100110 111101010100110
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 12
- Lines: 50
Repeated words/phrases
he, your, his, and, in, as, you
Anaphora
the