Analysis of Sonnet To George Romney, Esq. On His Picture Of Me In Crayons
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
Romney, expert infallibly to trace
On chart of canvas, not the form alone
And semblance, but, however faintly shown,
The mind's impression too on every face;
With strokes that time ought never to cease
Thou hast so pencilled mine, that though I own
The subject worthless, I have never known
The artist shining with superior grace.
But this I mark, -- that symptoms none of woe
In thy incomparable work appear.
Well -- I am satisfied it should be so,
Since, on maturer thought, the cause is clear
For in my looks what sorrow couldst thou see,
When I was Hayley's guest, and sat to thee?
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010111 1111010101 010110101 01010111001 111111011 111111111 0011011101 01010101001 1111110111 0101000101 111101111 11110111 1011110111 111110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 580 |
Words | 108 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 457 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 106 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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