This is an analysis of Stanzas Suggested By The Railway Accident At Desjardin's Canal by Thomas Cowherd.
Deep gloom pervades my spirit, and great sorrow fills my breast
With an overwhelming sense, which leaves me but little rest,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd cccc ddee aafXf aaff ggee hhbb ffii ccaa eeaa aajj
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11011101110111 01101011111101 101011101010111 11001010111101 111110011001010 10100110010101 101101111011 101001010110101 0100111110111 11000100110101 01011100010101 1101001010010100 110010100110001 11011100111101 111101110111 101010101111101 11011111010001 101110101010001 01000101010101 10101110111010 1 01010101100101 101011100011101 101101111101 100111001100101 11010101010111 11010101110011 111111001100 101111101000101 010101010110101 10010101010001 110101011101 11101101101101 11111010010101 11010101101110 11010101110111 11111101110101 11110100110101 01010111100101 1111111011101 11011101010101 11111111110001 110100110001 011101010010001 111110001010101 011110100111111 01000001110101 11110101111111 111011101110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 12
- Lines: 49
Repeated words/phrases
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