This is an analysis of Sonnet To William Wilberforce, Esq. by William Cowper.
Thy country, Wilberforce, with just disdain,
Hears thee, by cruel men and impious, call'd…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaXacddccdee
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1101010101 11110110101 01011101101 0111011101 10010101010 1111111101 1101011101 01010011001 11101111101 11010101001 1101011101 1111010101 0111110111 010111110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
