Analysis of An Epitaph 4 (From The Greek)
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
At threescore winters' end I died
A cheerless being sole and sad;
The nuptial knot I never tied,
And wish my father never had.
| Scheme | ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1110111 0110101 01011101 01110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 132 |
| Words | 26 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 99 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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