Analysis of By Callimachus
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
At morn we placed on his funeral bier
Young Melanippus; and, at eventide,
Unable to sustain a loss so dear,
By her own hand his blooming sister died.
Thus Aristippus mourn'd his noble race,
Annihilated by a double blow,
Nor son could hope nor daughter more to embrace
And all Cyrene sadden'd at his woe.
| Scheme | ABCBDEDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111111001 11011 0101010111 1011110101 1111101 010010101 11111101101 01110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 304 |
| Words | 57 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 239 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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