This is an analysis of Epitaph On A Free But Tame Redbreast, A Favourite Of Miss Sally Hurdis by William Cowper.
These are not dew-drops, these are tears,
And tears by Sally shed…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc XdXd cece bbbbXbcbc
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 11111111 111101 11010111 011101 11111001 111101 11010101 100101 01111110 111101 11111101 110101 11111101 111111 11110101 111101 11010101 010101 11011101 110101 11110101 110001 11110101 111001
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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