Analysis of In A Letter To C. P. Esq. Ill With The Rheumatism
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
Grant me the Muse, ye gods! whose humble flight
Seeks not the mountain-top's pernicious height:
Who can the tall Parnassian cliff forsake,
To visit oft the still Lethean lake;
Now her slow pinions brush the silent shore,
Now gently skim the unwrinkled waters o'er,
There dips her downy plumes, thence upward flies,
And sheds soft slumbers on her votary's eyes.
| Scheme | AABBCDEE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101111101 1101010101 11011101 11010111 101110101 1101011010 1101011101 01111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 361 |
| Words | 62 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 287 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 60 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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