Analysis of Lines Written For Insertion In A Collection Of Handwritings And Signatures Made By Miss Patty
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
In vain to live from age to age
While modern bards endeavour,
I write my name in Patty's page,
And gain my point for ever.
| Scheme | ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 01111111 1101010 11110101 0111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 127 |
| Words | 27 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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