This is an analysis of A Comparison. Addressed To A Young Lady by William Cowper.
Sweet stream that winds through yonder glade,
Apt emblem of a virtuous maid…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddcc
- Stanza lengths: 10,
- Metre: 11111101 110001001 10111101 10011101 01010101 01010101 10110111 101110011 1100111001 110010001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 10
