Analysis of On Hermocratia (From The Greek)

William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)



Hermocratia named -- save only one --
Twice fifteen births I bore, and buried none;
For neither Phoebus pierced my thriving joys,
Nor Dian -- she my girls, or he my boys.
But Dian rather, when my daughters lay
In parturition, chased their pangs away.
And all my sons, by Phoebus' bounty, shared
A vigorous youth, by sickness unimpair'd.
O Niobe! far less prolific! see
Thy hoast against Latona shamed by me!


Scheme AABBCCDDEE
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Etheree  (20%)
Metre 111101 1011110101 1101011101 1101111111 1101011101 0111101 0111110101 0100111001 11110101 1101010111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 406
Words 74
Sentences 7
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 313
Words per stanza (avg) 72
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 2023

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William Cowper

William Macquarie Cowper was an Australian Anglican archdeacon and Dean of Sydney. more…

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