This is an analysis of Inscription For A Stone Erected At The Sowing Of A Grove Of Oaks At Chillington, Anno 1791 by William Cowper.

Reader! behold a monument
That asks no sigh or tear,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab
  • Stanza lengths: 4,
  • Metre: 10010100 111111 100101001 0011001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 4