Analysis of Horace, Book I. Ode XXXVIII.
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
Boy, I hate their empty shows,
Persian garlands I detest,
Bring not me the late-blown rose,
Lingering after all the rest.
Plainer myrtle pleases me,
Thus outstretch'd beneath my vine;
Myrtle more becoming thee,
Waiting with thy master's wine.
Scheme | ABABCDCD |
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Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme |
Metre | 1111101 101101 1110111 10010101 1010101 1010111 1010101 1011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 243 |
Words | 41 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 8 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 192 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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