This is an analysis of To The Rev. William Cawthorne Unwin by William Cowper.

Unwin, I should but ill repay
The kindness of a friend,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc adadee bfbfgg adadhh ididbb
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 10111101 010001 11011101 110101 11010001 11010101 11011101 110101 10110001 110001 11110101 11010101 01010001 010111 011100001 011001 010111111 10011101 11110111 111101 11000101 101101 11010001 11010001 01010101 100101 01010101 110111 11011101 11010001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 30

Repeated words/phrases

as, in, i

Anaphora

and, the