Analysis of Epigram : The Cottager And His Landlord. A Fable (Translated From Milton)
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
A Peasant to his lord yearly court,
Presenting pippins of so rich a sort
That he, displeased to have a part alone,
Removed the tree, that all might be his own.
The tree, too old to travel, though before
So fruitful, withered, and would yield no more.
The squire, perceiving all his labour void,
Cursed his own pains, so foolishly employed,
And 'Oh,' he cried, 'that I had lived content
With tribute, small indeed, but kindly meant!
My avarice has expensive proved to me,
Has cost me both my pippins and my tree.'
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010111101 0101011101 1101110101 0101111111 0111110101 1101001111 010101111 1111110001 0111111110 1101011101 11001010111 1111110011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 509 |
Words | 97 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 395 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 93 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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