Analysis of The Modern Patriot
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
Rebellion is my theme all day,
I only wish 'twould come
(As who knows but perhaps it may)
A little nearer home.
Yon roaring boys who rave and fight
On the other side of the Atlantic,
I always held them in the right,
But most so, when most frantic.
When lawless mobs insult the court,
That man shall be my toast,
If breaking windows be the sport,
Who bravely breaks the most.
But oh! for him my fancy culls
The choicest flowers she bears,
Who constitutionally pulls
Your house about your ears.
Such civil broils are my delight,
Though some folks can't endure 'em
Who may the mob are mad outright,
And that a rope must cure 'em.
A rope! I wish we patriots had
Such strings for all who need 'em,--
What! hang a man for going mad?
Then farewell British freedom.
Scheme | ABAX CDCD EFEF GGGG CHCH IHIB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 01011111 110111 11110111 010101 11011101 1010110010 1111001 1111110 11010101 111111 11010101 110101 11111101 0101011 1010001 110111 11011101 1111011 11011111 0101111 011111001 1111111 11011101 111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 743 |
Words | 146 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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