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
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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William Cowper

William Macquarie Cowper was an Australian Anglican archdeacon and Dean of Sydney. more…

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