This is an analysis of The Shrubbery, Written In A Time Of Affliction by William Cowper.
Oh happy shades--to me unblest!
Friendly to peace, but not to me!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xabacdcd XcXc cXcX efef bgbg
- Stanza lengths: 8,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11010110 10011101 11011101 11110101 01011101 11010001 11011111 11010111 11010001 100111101 10110100 11010101 11110111 11011101 01000101 11010101 01110011 01110101 11110101 11110101 11011101 01010101 11100101 11010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
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