This is an analysis of On A Plant Of Virgin's-Bower, Designed To Cover A Garden-Seat by William Cowper.
Thrive, gentle plant! and weave a bower
For Mary and for me,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd dbdbXcaca
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,9,
- Metre: 110111010 110111 1101001010 110111 110010111 010101 1101001001 011111 11010101 110101 01011101 1100111 11011101 1001010 11110101 0101010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 16
Repeated words/phrases
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