This is an analysis of A Tale. June 1793 by William Cowper.
In Scotland's realm, where trees are few
Nor even shrubs abound;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cXcb dcdc cbcb ecec cbcb fcfc cgcg hchc cccc dXdc gbgb ijij bfbf cece eaXa dbdb kkkk kakaXdjdj
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 01011111 110101 11110101 110111 11011111 1101000 11111111 111001 01010111 01001001 010000101 010101 001111101 010101 11111101 111101 01010101 010111 11011101 110101 11010111 1111110 11010101 0011010 01110101 010101 11010101 010101 11010101 010001 11000101 010001 11011101 011101 11010001 110101 01110001 110111 100100111 111101 110011101 010110 010110001 110001 01010101 111101 11011101 010101 11100111 01101 11010101 010101 11010101 110101 01010101 110001 01000101 010111 11010001 111101 11010101 100111 110100100 110101 110010101 110111 11000101 110101 11110101 1101001 01010101 010001 11110101 110101 10010101 110011 00110111 011001 11101101 011101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 20
- Lines: 80
Repeated words/phrases
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