This is an analysis of On The Ice Islands Seen Floating In The German Ocean by William Cowper.
What portents, from what distant region, ride,
Unseen till now in ours, the astonished tide?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbaabbaaccddaaeebbffggXdhXcceebbcchhiiaaiihhaajjaaeiiccggeehh
- Stanza lengths: 63,
- Metre: 1110110101 01110100101 0101110001 0111010101 1101010111 0101010101 10101110101 1111010011 1111110101 1101111101 1101011101 11010101001 11010010101 1101010101 1101011101 01010010111 11010101001 1101010101 0101110101 1101111101 1111010111 010101101 11111001101 0111000101 0111110111 1101010101 1101010101 0101101010 1101010111 0101110101 0101111101 1101110101 1101011101 1111010011 1101110101 1011010101 1111000101 0101010101 1101100101 1101010101 1100010101 1101010101 111100011 0101110101 1111010101 1100010101 0101011001 11010011101 1111000101 10100101001 11010011101 110101111 1101110110101 10101010101 11010101001 11010000101 1110010101 1101111001 11010100101 1111110101 010110101 1101111101 0101011101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 63
Repeated words/phrases
they
Anaphora
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