This is an analysis of Stanzas Subjoined To The Yearly Bill Of Mortality Of The Parish Of All-Saints, Northampton. Anno Domini 1787 by William Cowper.
While thirteen moons saw smoothly run
The Nen's barge-laden wave,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd dede fcfc aaaa ghgh ieie jajaXjaja
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 11111101 011101 111100101 111101 11111111 100100 01010101 111101 110100111 111101 0100101010 110101 11010111 111101 01011101 111111 11011101 001101 01010111 111101 11110101 011111 01000101 110101 10111101 1111001 11010111 111101 11110111 111011 11111101 111101 11110101 111101 11110101 110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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