Analysis of Epitaphium Alterum
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
Hic etiam jacet,
Qui totum novennium vixit,
Puss.
Siste paulisper,
Qui præteriturus es,
Et tecum sic reputa--
Hunc neque canis venaticus,
Nec plumbum missile,
Nec laqueus,
Nec imbres nimii,
Confecêre:
Tamen mortuus est--
Et moriar ego.
| Scheme | AABCDABEBFCAG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111 1111 1 11 1111 1111 1111 1110 11 111 11 1101 1110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 235 |
| Words | 38 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 13 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 183 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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