This is an analysis of The Snail by William Cowper.
To grass, or leaf, or fruit, or wall,
The snail sticks close, nor fears to fall,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaab cXcb dddb eeeb cccb fffb
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 01111111 01111101 10111111 010 01110111 110100100 01110101 010 11010101 010101001 11000101 010 10111101 01011101 11010001 110 11010111 11000101 10111101 010 11110111 11011101 01001101 010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 24
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