Analysis of The Cow

James Stephens 1882 (Dublin) – 1950



Cow, Cow!
          I and thou
Are looking at each other's eyes
You are lying on the grass
Eating every time I pass,
And you do not seem to be
Ever in perplexity:
You are good I'm sure, and not
Fit for nothing but the pot:
For your bearing is so kind,
And your quietness so wise:
          Cow, Cow!
          I and thou
Are looking at each other's eyes.


Scheme AABccddeefbAAB
Poetic Form
Metre 11 101 11011101 1110101 10100111 0111111 1000100 1111101 1110101 1110111 0110011 11 101 11011101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 349
Words 69
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 244
Words per stanza (avg) 67
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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James Stephens

James Stephens was an Irish Republican and the founding member of an originally unnamed revolutionary organisation in Dublin on 17 March 1858, later to become known as the Irish Republican Brotherhood, also referred to as the Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood by contemporaries. more…

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