This is an analysis of Stanzas Subjoined To The Yearly Bill Of Mortality Of The Parish Of All-Saints, Northampton. Anno Domini 1790 by William Cowper.
He who sits from day to day
Where the prisoned lark is hung,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab caca dede ecec fgfg hhhX gaga icicXeaea
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 1110101 1010101 1000101 1011111 1010001 1010111 1010001 1010101 1111111 1001101 1111001 1011001 1011111 1000101 1011011 1110101 1010001 1010011 1011101 1110111 1011101 0110111 1110101 10010101 10010101 1010111 1110111 10101001 11101011 1011101 1111101 1110011 1110111 10101001 1000101 1111111
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
his
