This is an analysis of On The Death Of The Vice-Chancellor, A Physician (Translated From Milton) by William Cowper.

Learn ye nations of the earth
The condition of your birth,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb aacc ccdd eedd ffgg XXee bbXX eehh ccdd Xedd iijjXbbee
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 1110001 0010011 1011101 1111101 0010101 1110111 1000111 11101001 1010101 1011101 1011101 10001101 1110101 1010101 1010111 1010101 1100101 111101 1111101 1010101 1011101 00111010 110111 1000101 1010101 0010101 11011001 111000 1110101 1011101 1111101 1000101 1010101 1110101 1010101 0100101 1010100 1001101 1011101 1110001 1100100 0111101 1010101 1010111 1001111 100111 0011101 10100101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 12
  • Lines: 48