Analysis of Horace, Book I. Ode IX.
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
Seest thou yon mountain laden with deep snow,
The groves beneath their fleecy burden bow,
The streams congeal'd, forget to flow,
Come, thaw the cold, and lay a cheerful pile
Of fuel on the hearth;
Broach the best cask and make old winter smile
With seasonable mirth.
This be our part -- let Heaven dispose the rest;
If Jove command, the winds shall sleep,
That now wage war upon the foamy deep,
And gentle gales spring from the balmy west.
E'en let us shift to-morrow as we may,
When to-morrow's passed away,
We at least shall have to say,
We have lived another day;
Your auburn locks will soon be silver'd o'er,
Old age is at our heels, and youth returns no more.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111010111 0101110101 01010111 1101010101 110101 1011011101 110001 111011100101 11010111 1111010101 0101110101 11111110111 111101 1111111 1110101 1101111110 1111101010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 656 |
Words | 125 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 4, 6 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 171 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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