Analysis of On A True Friend (From The Greek)
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
Hast thou a friend? thou hast indeed
A rich and large supply.
Treasure to serve your every need,
Well managed, till you die.
Scheme | ABAB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11011101 010101 101111001 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 130 |
Words | 25 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 4 |
Lines Amount | 4 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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