This is an analysis of Inscription For A Stone Erected At The Sowing Of A Grove Of Oaks At Chillington, Anno 1790 by William Cowper.

Other stones the era tell,
When some feeble mortal fell;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccccccddbbeeff
  • Stanza lengths: 18,
  • Metre: 1010101 1110101 1110101 0110101 1110101 1111111 1111101 1110101 1001101 1010001 1010101 1010001 1010101 1110111 1011101 1011101 1010101 1111101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 18

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