Analysis of On Flatteries (From The Greek)
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
No mischief worthier of our fear
In nature can be found
Than friendship, in ostent sincere,
But hollow and unsound,
For lull'd into a dangerous dream
We close infold a foe,
Who strikes, when most secure we seem,
The inevitable blow.
| Scheme | ABABCDCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme |
| Metre | 1101001101 010111 1100101 110001 110101001 11101 11110111 0010001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 233 |
| Words | 43 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 184 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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