This is an analysis of Answer To Stanzas Addressed To Lady Hesketh By Miss Catharine Fanshawe, In Returning A Poem by William Cowper.

To be remembered thus is fame,
And in the first degree;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 00010101 100101 10011001 011111 110001001 0100101 11010101 110111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

Anaphora

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