This is an analysis of To Giovanni Salzilli, A Roman Poet, In His Illness. Scazons (Translated From Milton) by William Cowper.
My halting Muse, that dragg'st by choice along
Thy slow, slow step, in melancholy song!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddXeccffgghhbbeebbddiijjddbbXeeedd
- Stanza lengths: 40,
- Metre: 1101111101 1111010101 1111010011 11110101 1001110101 1101010101 0110010101 0101011111 11110111010 0011110101 110100101 10100010101 0101011001 01010001001 0101010001 1101011101 1010010101 0101110111 1110010101 1101011111 0101001101 11110111001 1101011001 1101011101 1011011101 1011110101 1101011111 0101111101 0110001111 1111011101 1100011101 1101011001 1001010101 0101011001 10010101010 0110011101 1101010101 0101110001 1101000101 1101011101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
of, to, her
Anaphora
to
