This is an analysis of The Cock-Fighter's Garland by William Cowper.

Muse -- hide his name of whom I sing,
Lest his surviving house thou bring…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabccb ddbeeb ffcggc hhfiif fffhhf jjfhhf hhkcck jjfhhf hhffff llmXhm hhllll hhfhhfXiikaak
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Metre: 11010111 10010111 101001 11010111 01110111 111111 11011111 10001001 011101 11011111 01011101 010101 01110101 01111101 101001 10110101 11111111 011101 01011101 110100101 110001 010000101 11010011 0101001 10111101 01010111 111101 01011111 01010101 1100101 11010110 10111111 010101 010011101 10010101 110101 110100101 01010101 110101 110111111 01100101 010001 010111101 111001001 010111 01010111 11010101 1101001 11111001 10010101 111111 01111101 011010001 0111001 01010101 11010001 110101 110100110 01010101 110101 11010101 101100101 110101 11110101 01010101 110011 11011101 111101001 1101101 10011101 11010101 1100111 11110101 01010001 110110 111010101 01010111 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 13
  • Lines: 78

Repeated words/phrases

his, of, and

Anaphora

the, he