This is an analysis of On The Death Of The Bishop Of Ely. Anno Aet. 17. (Translated From Milton) by William Cowper.
My lids with grief were tumid yet,
And still my sullied cheek was wet…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbbbbbbbbbccddbbXaeebbffgXhhffiiaaggeejjkkffXXbbffiXXXbbeeeehhgghh
- Stanza lengths: 68,
- Metre: 11010101 11110111 01010101 11000101 11110101 01110101 01111101 01010101 11010101 10010001 11010101 11010111 11111101 01010101 01010101 11010101 01100001 01010101 11111100 11010001 1010111 1010111 11010101 11110101 11010111 10111101 101100111 01011100 11011001 01110101 11010101 01010101 01010101 01010101 11011001 11010101 11011001 01100101 11010001 11011101 11000101 01010101 11110101 11011101 11010111 11010001 11010111 011100101 1010101 01111001 01110101 11010101 01011111 11011110 1110101 101101 11010111 01011101 11010101 01011101 11010001 01011101 11111101 01010101 01000101 01001101 01011101 11111101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 68
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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