This is an analysis of An Epistle To Joseph Hill, Esq. by William Cowper.
Dear Joseph,-- five and twenty years ago--
Alas! how time escapes -- 'tis even so!--…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbbccccbbaaddeeffggXhbbhhbbXXhhiihhjjhheeeeeehhkkbbkkbbhhaaee
- Stanza lengths: 63,
- Metre: 1101110001 0111011101 0101011111 1111010101 010010111101 1111000101 1111010101 0111110101 1101001101 1100011111 1101010101 10110100101 1111010001 1101100101 1101010101 1101110111 11001010111 1111011101 1111110101 01001010111 1001010101 10010011000 1111110101 1101010101 1111111101 1101111011 1111110101 0101011101 1101110111 1111110101 1111011101 1101110101 1101110101 1111110111 1111010101 0101001101 0111100111 0111010101 0101010011 10001010011 1011011111 1101001111 0111001101 11110010001 1101111111 11011100011 1101010101 0111010101 0101110001 0101110101 1101110101 0100010011 1111011111 1101011101 1111010101 1101111101 1101001101 1111110101 1111010101 1111110111 1101010011 1101110001 1101101101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 63
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