Analysis of Sunset And Sunrise (Translated From Owen)

William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)



Contemplate, when the sun declines,
Thy death with deep reflection!
And when again he rising shines,
The day of resurrection!


Scheme ABAB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 1010101 1111010 01011101 011010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 130
Words 22
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 101
Words per stanza (avg) 20
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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William Cowper

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

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