This is an analysis of On The Same - (On The Burning Of Lord Mansfield's Library) by William Cowper.
When wit and genius meet their doom
In all devouring flame,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaa baba cdcd cece
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11110111 0101001 11100101 111101 101010101 110101 110100111 010101 110010111 010101 00100111 110101 01010101 111101 010111111 010101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 16
Anaphora
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