This is an analysis of The Flatting-Mill. An Illustration by William Cowper.
When a bar of pure silver or ingot of gold
Is sent to be flatted or wrought into length,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef ghgh fdfdXecec
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 101011011001 01001011001 001011001011 011001101001 1101111001 101101001001 11001011011 11101001001 01101001001 011010011010 111001001011 010010010010 01101011101 01101001001 01101111001 001001001011 011001111001 11011001011 11011011001 11001101001 101111011111 1011101101010 11001011001 1011010010010
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
of, and, to, must, as
Anaphora
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