Analysis of On Pallas Bathing, From A Hymn Of Callimachus
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
Nor oils of balmy scene produce,
Nor mirror for Minerva's use,
Ye nymphs who lave her; she, array'd
In genuine beauty, scorns their aid.
Not even when they left the skies,
To seek on Ida's head the prize
From Paris' hand, did Juno deign,
Or Pallas in the crystal plain
Of Simois' stream her locks to trace,
Or in the mirror's polished face,
Though Venus oft with anxious care
Adjusted twice a single hair.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110101 110111 11110101 010010111 11011101 1111101 11011101 11000101 1110111 10010101 11011101 01010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 402 |
Words | 76 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 314 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 74 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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