This is an analysis of Lines On The Death Of Sir William Russel by William Cowper.
Doomed, as I am, in solitude to waste
The present moments, and regret the past,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaabbccbbddeebbaaffcc
- Stanza lengths: 22,
- Metre: 1111010101 0011010101 01010011101 1110111101 1101110101 0101010101 1111010101 1111010101 10110000111 1001110101 11010100101 1111010101 110110101 1101011101 1111110111 1101010101 1101010111 1101001101 1111010111 1101110101 1111010101 1101010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 22
Repeated words/phrases
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