Analysis of Mary And John
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
If John marries Mary, and Mary alone,
'Tis a very good match between Mary and John.
Should John wed a score, oh, the claws and the scratches!
It can't be a match :-- 'tis a bundle of matches.
Scheme | ABCC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101001001 101011011001 111011010010 111011010110 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 196 |
Words | 40 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 4 |
Lines Amount | 4 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 141 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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