This is an analysis of Love Abused by William Cowper.

What is there in the vale of life
Half so delighted as a wife,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddddeeeebbXeffddgg
  • Stanza lengths: 24,
  • Metre: 10100101 11010101 11011110 01010101 010111001 01010001 11010101 100010101 11000111 0100101001 11010111 01100111 010111001 11000101 110101001 01110101 011000100 101100101 01010111 010001001 11110100 01010101 01010101 11110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 24