Analysis of On Flaxman's Penelope
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
The suitors sinned, but with a fair excuse,
Whom all this elegance might well seduce;
Nor can our censure on the husband fall,
Who, for a wife so lovely, slew them all.
| Scheme | AABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 0101110101 1111001101 11101010101 1101110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 173 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 130 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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