Analysis of The Grasshopper
Abraham Cowley 1618 (London) – 1667 (London)
Happy insect, what can be
In happiness compared to thee?
Fed with nourishment divine,
The dewy morning's gentle wine!
Nature waits upon thee still,
And thy verdant cup does fill;
'Tis filled wherever thou dost tread,
Nature's self's thy Ganymede.
Thou dost drink, and dance, and sing,
Happier than the happiest king!
All the fields which thou dost see,
All the plants belong to thee;
All the summer hours produce,
Fertile made with early juice.
Man for thee does sow and plow,
Farmer he, and landlord thou!
Thou dost innocently enjoy;
Nor does thy luxury destroy.
The shepherd gladly heareth thee,
More harmonious than he.
Thee country hinds with gladness hear,
Prophet of the ripened year!
Thee Phoebus loves, and does inspire
Phoebus is himself thy sire.
To thee, of all things upon earth,
Life is no longer than thy mirth.
Happy insect! happy thou,
Dost neither age nor winter know;
But when thou'st drunk, and danced, and sung
Thy fill, the flowery leaves among,
(Voluptuous and wise withal,
Epicurean animal!)
Sated with thy summer feast,
Thou retir'st to endless rest.
Scheme | AABBCCDEFFAAGGHHIIAAJKLMNNHOPPCQRS |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101111 01000111 1110001 01010101 1010111 0110111 11010111 101110 1110101 100101001 1011111 1010111 10101001 1011101 1111101 101011 11100001 11110001 0101011 1010011 1101111 1010101 11010101 10101110 11111011 11110111 101101 11011101 111110101 110100101 0100011 0010100 1011101 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,051 |
Words | 184 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 34 |
Lines Amount | 34 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 845 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 181 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 30, 2023
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