Analysis of Epitaph On Johnson
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
Here Johnson lies, a sage by all allowed,
Whom to have bred, may well make England proud;
Whose prose was eloquence, by wisdom taught,
The graceful vehicle of virtuous thought;
Whose verse may claim, grave, masculine and strong,
Superior praise to the mere poet's song;
Who many a noble gift from Heaven possessed,
And faith at last, alone worth all the rest.
O man, immortal by a double prize,
By fame on earth, by glory in the skies!
Scheme | AABBCCDDEE |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 1101011101 1111111101 1111001101 01010011001 1111110001 01001101101 110010111001 0111011101 1101010101 1111110001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 434 |
Words | 80 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 339 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 78 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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