This is an analysis of Song by William Cowper.

No more shall hapless Celia's ears
Be flattered with the cries…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbC dedeffC gagaffC XhXhiiC jajakkC
  • Stanza lengths: 7,7,7,7,7,
  • Metre: 11110101 010001 01010101 110101 110000101 11010001 01111 010101111 110001 11110101 110001 11011101 11110101 01111 01110111 110101 11111101 011001 0101111 10010111 01111 01110111 110101 11110001 110001 11111101 01011101 01111 11011101 111101 1111101 111110 11011101 111101001 01111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 35

Repeated words/phrases

her, your

Anaphora

with