Analysis of On Receiving Heyne's Virgil From Mr. Hayley

William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)



I should have deemed it once an effort vain
To sweeten more sweet Maro's matchless strain,
But from that error now behold me free,
Since I received him as a gift from thee.


Scheme AABB
Poetic Form Balliol rhyme 
Quatrain 
Metre 1111111101 11011111 1111010111 1101110111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 177
Words 35
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 136
Words per stanza (avg) 33
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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William Cowper

William Macquarie Cowper was an Australian Anglican archdeacon and Dean of Sydney. more…

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