This is an analysis of Stanzas To The Author Of 'Little Ragged Ned' by Thomas Cowherd.
Friend, I've read thy touching verses
Poured from gentle, loving heart,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababbccb dbdbbeeb fffffaaf bgbgXffg dfdffggf ababbXXb
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 11111010 1010101 11101110 1110111 01010101 01010101 11110111 11111101 11111010 1111101 10111010 11011001 11010101 1111101 01010101 11010101 10111010 1010101 10101010 1011101 11111001 11010101 01111101 11110101 11101011 1011101 11101011 1110101 10110110 10110101 11110101 11111101 01101010 0010101 11100110 0111100 11011101 10110111 01011111 10010101 11101110 1111101 00101110 1111101 10010101 11111101 11110101 01110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 48
Repeated words/phrases
thy, in, to
