This is an analysis of Written In A Fit Of Illness. R. S. S. by William Cowper.
In these sad hours, a prey to ceaseless pain,
While feverish pulses leap in every vein,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccbbddeeffggccbbhhgbiiggiiXXddhhaa
- Stanza lengths: 38,
- Metre: 01110010101 110010101001 1111011101 0111001101 11101100110 1101011111 11010000101 01010011011 1101111101 1101111101 1101100101 11110100101 1001110101 1111110001 11111000101 1101001101 1101110111 1101001101 11001110101 1011110101 1101011001 1111010101 10011100111 0111010101 01001111111 1111000111 0101010001 111111101 11010101001 1110100101001 1111111110 1111110111 1101110101 1110010111 0111110101 11010101111 11010101001 1111110001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 38
Repeated words/phrases
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