This is an analysis of Elegy V. Anno Aet. 20. On The Approach Of Spring (Translated From Milton) by William Cowper.
Time, never wand'ring from his annual round,
Bids Zephyr breathe the Spring, and thaw the ground;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeebbffgggghhddffcccciiffggbbjXggffiikkiihhiiffXXhhffaabbaaffccffddjjaalliijjffhhffgghhddffaaaabbcchhXfmmbbiibbjjaafXnnffaajjaaiiaaee
- Stanza lengths: 140,
- Metre: 11010001001 11010011101 1101110101 1101010101 11110000101 0101011101 0110111101 10110101001 100101011 11111100101 1101111101 0101111001 1101001111 01001011001 11110001101 1101011101 11010100111 0111001101 1101010101 1110010111 10010101001 0101010001 011011001001 1101010101 1101010101 0101010001 1101000101 10110100001 0101010101 001110100101 0101111001 0111010101 1111110101 1101010101 1101101001 101000101 11010010001 1101010101 1001111101 1101010101 1101110111 1001010101 0101010101 11010010101 10001010101 10011110101 0101110101 1001110001 1101010111 1101001101 1110100101 1101000111 0100010101 1111010001 11010110110 1101110101 01011011111 1011011101 0101010111 01001010101 010111001 0101111101 01010100111 110001001101 1100010101 10010101010 1111110101 0101010101 1111010101 1101010101 110001100010 10100111010 1101010111 01010011001 0101010111 01001110101 1101010101 1111010101 1111100101 1111000101 1111110101 1101110101 11011100111 0111000101 1111011101 0111001101 0101111101 1111010111 11011100101 1101111001 1111110101 1111010111 1111001111 1111010111 1101010101 1101011101 11011100101 10010100101 01111101001 1011011101 111011101 1101010101 0101010101 1111000101 010101001 0101111101 1101110101 0111000101 1100101001010 0101000111 1111011101 000101001 1101010101 1101011101 0101010101 1101000101 1101010101 0011110101 1101000101 1101110111 1101111101 10010010101 011010101 0101110101 11011001001 101101101 11011100101 0101010101 1101111101 1101110001 1101100001 11110110101 11111010101 1101111101 0111010101 1101111101 1111010011 11010101101 0111011101 1101010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 140
Repeated words/phrases
my, her, his, and
Anaphora
the, nor, and
