This is an analysis of Stanzas Suggested By A Funeral by Thomas Cowherd.
For me there'll be no great display,
No turning out of people,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd XXeb fdfd agag hihi ebeb jkjk lklk
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 111001101 1101010 11111101 1100010 011000111 1101010 111100101 0101110 11010100 1111100 11010101 11011100 10110111 1111110 11110101 111010 10110101 1111010 00011111 1101010 01111101 0111010 11110101 0101010 11001101 1111010 11010101 0101010 11010001 0111110 11010101 0101010 01011111 0111010 11011001 01001010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 36
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