Analysis of To A Friend In Distress (Translated From Owen)
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
I wish thy lot, now bad, still worse, my friend;
For when at worst, they say, things always mend.
| Scheme | AA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Couplet |
| Metre | 1111111111 111111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 104 |
| Words | 21 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2 |
| Lines Amount | 2 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 72 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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