Analysis of An Attempt At The Manner Of Waller
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
Did not thy reason, and thy sense,
With most persuasive eloquence,
Convince me that obedience due
None may so justly claim as you,
By right of beauty you would be
Mistress o'er my heart and me.
Then fear not I should e'er rebel,
My gentle love! I might as well
A forward peevishness put on,
And quarrel with the mid-day sun;
Or question who gave him a right
To be so fiery and so bright.
Nay, this were less absurd and vain
Than disobedience to thy reign;
His beams are oft too severe;
But thou art mild, as thou art fair;
First from necessity we own your sway,
Then scorn our freedom, and by choice obey.
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Metre | 11110011 11010100 011101001 11110111 11110111 10101101 111111010 11011111 010111 01010111 11011101 111100011 11010101 10100111 1111101 11111111 1101001111 11101001101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 597 |
Words | 118 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 156 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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