Analysis of On A Plant Of Virgin's-Bower, Designed To Cover A Garden-seat
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
Thrive, gentle plant! and weave a bower
For Mary and for me,
And deck with many a splendid flower
Thy foliage large and free.
Thou camest from Eartham, and wilt shade,
(If truly I divine,)
Some future day the illustrious head
Of him who made thee mine.
Should Daphne show a jealous frown,
And Envy seize the Bay,
Affirming none so fit to crown
Such honoured brows as they.
Thy cause with zeal we shall defend,
And with convincing power!
For why should not the Virgin's friend
Be crowned with Virgin's Bower?
| Scheme | ABAB XCXC DEDE FAFA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Pantoum Quatrain |
| Metre | 110101010 110011 0111001010 110101 1111011 110101 1101001001 111111 11010101 010101 01011111 11111 11111101 0101010 11110101 1111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 500 |
| Words | 95 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 100 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 31, 2023
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