This is an analysis of On A Goldfinch, Starved To Death In His Cage by William Cowper.
Time was when I was free as air,
The thistle's downy seed my fare,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabccbddeffeXghggh
- Stanza lengths: 18,
- Metre: 11111111 01010111 110101 111011001 11011101 111101 11010101 11010101 100101 11111101 01011101 110101 11011111 11101001 1101001 11001101 11011111 1011001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 18
Repeated words/phrases
my, and
Anaphora
my, and
