Analysis of On A Miser, 3 (From The Greek)
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
Art thou some individual of a kind
Long-lived by nature as the rook or hind?
Heap treasure, then, for if thy need be such,
Thou hast excuse, and scarce canst heap too much.
But man thou seem'st, clear therefore from thy breast
This lust of treasure -- folly at thy best!
For why shouldst thou go wasted to the tomb,
To fatten with thy spoils thou know'st not whom?
| Scheme | AABBCCDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110100101 1111010111 1101111111 1101011111 1111111111 1111010111 1111110101 11011111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 365 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 281 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 69 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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