Analysis of On The Late Indecent Liberties Taken With The Remains Of Milton
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
"Me too, perchance, in future days,
The sculptured stone shall show,
With Paphian myrtle or with bays
Parnassian on my brow.
But I, or e'er that season come,
Escaped from every care,
Shall reach my refuge in the tomb,
And sleep securely there."
So sang, in Roman tone and style,
The youthful bard, ere long
Ordained to grace his native isle
With her sublimest song.
Who then but must conceive disdain,
Hearing the deed unblest,
Of wretches who have dared profane
His dread sepulchral rest?
Ill fare the hands that heaved the stones
Where Milton's ashes lay,
That trembled not to grasp his bones
And steal his dust away!
O ill-requited bard! neglect
Thy living worth repaid,
And blind idolatrous respect
As much affronts thee dead.
Scheme | AXAX XBXB CDCD EFEF GHGH FFFF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 11010101 010111 1110111 1111 111101101 0111001 11110001 010101 11010101 010111 01111101 1011 11110101 10011 1111101 1111 11011101 11101 11011111 011101 111101 110101 01010001 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 715 |
Words | 129 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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