Epitaph On A Hare by William Cowper: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Epitaph On A Hare that begins with:

Here lies, whom hound did ne’er pursue,
Nor swiftewd greyhound follow, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX bcXc dede bfbf XgXg hbhb icXc ijij dgdg bkbk lmlm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 1101110 11110101 1111010 11010001 110101 10010110 110111 11001111 010101 10000101 111111 01010101 111111 10110001 0101001 11011110 110101 11010101 110111 01010101 101101 01110101 110101 010111010 111101 11010101 110111 10111101 111101 10110101 110111 11110101 111101 11011101 111001 11010111 110111 11110101 110111 1111101 011111 11010101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, and, d are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word on is repeated.

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