This is an analysis of Winter's Ravages, An Appeal To The Rich On Behalf Of The Poor by Thomas Cowherd.
Stern Winter on foul mischief bent
Left his cold region of the North;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gfgf ahah fifi abab ffff fjfj hchc gggg kXkX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11011101 10110001 10011101 11011111 110010001 01101111 11110101 01011101 110011101 10111101 11011101 10110101 01111101 11100101 11010100 11010111 01010111 01011101 11010101 11011101 10110111 010011101 01010101 01000101 01110101 11000101 11011111 100101101 10110101 11111101 11101101 10110011 11110111 01011101 11110111 01010101 110100101 11010101 110011111 11111101 01011101 011100001 11010101 11010111 11111101 01110101 01010101 11011101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 12
- Lines: 48
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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