Analysis of Epigram : To Leonora Singing At Rome 2 (Translated From Milton)
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
Naples, too credulous, ah! boast no more
The sweet-voiced Siren buried on thy shore,
That, when Parthenope deceas'd, she gave
Her sacred dust to a Chalcidic grave,
For still she lives, but has exchanged the hoarse
Pausilipo for Tiber's placid course,
Where, idol of all Rome, she now in chains,
Of magic song both Gods and Men detains.
| Scheme | AABBCCDC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011001111 0111010111 1110111 01011011 1111110101 111101 1101111101 110111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 336 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 262 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 58 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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