Analysis of From The Greek Of Julianus
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
A Spartan, his companion slain,
Alone from battle fled;
His mother, kindling with disdain
That she had borne him, struck him dead;
For courage, and not birth alone,
In Sparta, testifies a son!
| Scheme | ABABCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01010101 011101 11010101 11111111 11001101 0101001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 195 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 150 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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