This is an analysis of Inscription For The Tomb Of Mr. Hamilton by William Cowper.

Pause here, and think; a monitory rhyme
Demands one moment of thy fleeting time.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXbbccXX
  • Stanza lengths: 10,
  • Metre: 1111010001 0111001101 0111011101 1001111101 1101001111 1101011001 11110010111 0101010101 11001110001 0110111101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 10