This is an analysis of On The Loss Of The Royal George by William Cowper.
Written when the news arrived.
Toll for the brave!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: a Bcbc bada eXXf Bgfg dhhh Xggg ieie agXg gXac
- Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 1010101 1101 011111 110101 111101 110001 110111 110101 110101 011101 111100 110101 010101 1101 110001 011101 010101 0110010 110101 111101 110111 011001 010101 110011 011101 10101 110111 110011 011101 010111 111101 1101010 110101 110001 0100110 1110110 110111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 37
Repeated words/phrases
and
Anaphora
his, she
Anadiplosis
brave
