Analysis of Inscription For The Tomb Of Mr. Hamilton
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
Pause here, and think; a monitory rhyme
Demands one moment of thy fleeting time.
Consult life's silent clock, thy bounding vein;
Seems it to say --'Health here has long to reign?'
Hast thou the vigour of thy youth? an eye
That beams delight? a heart untaught to sigh?
Yet fear! Youth ofttimes healthful and at ease,
Anticipates a day it never sees;
And many a tomb, like Hamilton's, aloud
Exclaims, 'Prepare thee for an early shroud!'
Scheme | AABBCCDDEE |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 1101011 0111011101 0111011101 1111111111 110111111 110101111 111110011 010011101 01001110001 0101111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 433 |
Words | 80 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 335 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 76 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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