This is an analysis of To Warren Hastings, Esq. by William Cowper.
Hastings! I knew thee young, and of a mind
While young humane, conversable, and kind;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc
- Stanza lengths: 6,
- Metre: 1011111001 110110011 1111011101 1101010101 1101011101 1101110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 6
Repeated words/phrases
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