This is an analysis of On The Receipt Of A Hamper. (In The Manner Of Homer) by William Cowper.
The straw-stuffed hamper with its ruthless steel
He open'd, cutting sheer th' inserted cords…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaXbXXba
- Stanza lengths: 8,
- Metre: 0111000101 11010110101 1101110111 0101011101 1111010101 1111001001 1101100101 0011000101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 8
