Analysis of Lines Addressed To Dr. Darwin, Author Of The 'Botanic Garden.'
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
Two Poets, (poets, by report,
Not oft so well agree,)
Sweet harmonist of Flora's court!
Conspire to honour thee.
They best can judge a poet's worth,
Who oft themselves have known
The pangs of a poetic birth
By labours of their own.
We therefore pleased extol thy song,
Though various yet complete,
Rich in embellishment as strong,
And learned as 'tis sweet.
No envy mingles with our praise;
Though, could our hearts repine
At any poet's happier lays,
They would -- they must at thine.
But we, in mutual bondage knit
Of friendship's closest tie,
Can gaze on even Darwin's wit
With an unjaundiced eye;
And deem the Bard, whoe'er he be,
And howsoever known,
Who would not twine a wreath for thee,
Unworthy of his own.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GDGX HIHI BDBD |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11010101 111101 11111 010111 11110101 110111 01100101 11111 1110111 1100101 10010011 01111 110101101 111011 110101001 111111 110100101 11101 1111011 1111 0101111 011 11110111 010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 700 |
Words | 130 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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