This is an analysis of To The Nightingale, Which The Author Heard Sing On New Year's Day by William Cowper.

Whence it is, that amazed I hear
From yonder withered spray,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd bebe fcfc ebeb gege
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 10010111 010101 01110101 010001 11110101 010101 11010001 010001 11110001 111101 110000111 111101 11110101 010101 01001001 0100111 110111001 110111 11011111 010101 11110111 110101 011010101 11001001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24