Analysis of Epitaph On Mr. Chester Of Chicheley
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
Tears flow, and cease not, where the good man lies,
Till all who know him follow to the skies.
Tears therefore fall where Chester's ashes sleep;
Him wife, friends, brothers, children, servants, weep;
And justly -- few shall ever him transcend
As husband, parent, brother, master, friend.
| Scheme | AABBCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Sestain |
| Metre | 1101110111 1111110101 11111101 1111010101 0101110101 1101010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 290 |
| Words | 49 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 222 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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