This is an analysis of On The Death Of Mrs. Throckmorton's Bullfinch by William Cowper.
Ye Nymphs, if e'er your eyes were red
With tears o'er hapless favourites shed,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabccb ddeeee ffghhg iifaaf iijaaj kkaeea kkaaaa eegccg eejaaj llmXemXmmaffa
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
- Metre: 110101101 01101010001 110101 010010001 10110101 1000101 11010101 01110111 111101 11000101 11110101 010111 01000101 01010101 010001 01010101 11011101 010101 01010101 101010111 111101 11010101 11010101 1111001 110010101 110100111 110101 11010101 01110111 011101 11011101 11110111 010001 01110101 111101001 110101 110010101 010100101 110001 100010111 10110111 110101 11101101 01011101 011101 01110001 11010110 011101 11011111 10010101 111001 01010101 01010111 111101 11111101 111101001 011001 11011111 11001101 110101 01010101 11110001 110101 010101001 01010101 010111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 11
- Lines: 66
Anadiplosis
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