Analysis of On An Infant (From The Greek)
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
Bewail not much, my parents! me, the prey
Of ruthless Ades, and sepulchred here.
An infant, in my fifth scarce finish'd year,
He found all sportive, innocent, and gay,
Your young Callimachus; and if I knew
Not many joys, my griefs were also few.
| Scheme | ABCADD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111110101 1101011 1100111101 111110001 1110111 1101110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 248 |
| Words | 46 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 188 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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