Analysis of Cowslips

Walter Savage Landor 1775 (Warwick) – 1864



WITH rosy hand a little girl press’d down
A boss of fresh-cull’d cowslips in a rill:
Often as they sprang up again, a frown
Show’d she dislik’d resistance to her will:
But when they droop’d their heads and shone much less,
She shook them to and fro, and threw them by,
And tripp’d away. “Ye loathe the heaviness
Ye love to cause, my little girls!” thought I,
“And what has shone for you, by you must die!”


Scheme ABABCDCDD
Poetic Form
Metre 1101010111 011111001 1011110101 111010101 1111110111 1111010111 01011101 1111110111 0111111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 426
Words 81
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 9
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 306
Words per stanza (avg) 77
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 29, 2023

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Walter Savage Landor

Walter Savage Landor (30 January 1775 – 17 September 1864) was an English writer and poet. His best known works were the prose Imaginary Conversations, and the poem Rose Aylmer, but the critical acclaim he received from contemporary poets and reviewers was not matched by public popularity. As remarkable as his work was, it was equalled by his rumbustious character and lively temperament. more…

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