Analysis of Epigram : On The Inventor Of Gunpowder (Translated From Milton)
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
Praise in old time the sage Prometheus won,
Who stole ethereal radiance from the sun;
But greater he, whose bold invention strove
To emulate the fiery bolts of Jove.
| Scheme | AABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 10110111 110100100101 1101110101 1100100111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 170 |
| Words | 31 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 133 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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