This is an analysis of On Female Inconstancy (From The Greek) by William Cowper.
Rich, thou hadst many lovers -- poor, hast none,
So surely want extinguishes the flame,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,
- Metre: 1111010111 1101100001 1111110101 10010101011 1111100011 0111011101 1111011101 1101110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 8
Anaphora
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