Analysis of On A Miser (From The Greek)
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
They call thee rich -- I deem thee poor,
Since, if thou darest not use thy store,
But savest only for thine heirs,
The treasure is not thine, but theirs.
| Scheme | ABCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111111 11111111 1110111 01011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 158 |
| Words | 32 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 116 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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