Analysis of To A Young Friend, On His Arriving At Cambridge Wet, When No Rain Had Fallen There
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
If Gideon's fleece, which drenched with dew he found,
White moisture none refreshed the herbs around,
Might fitly represent the Church, endowed
With heavenly gifts to heathens not allowed;
In pledge, perhaps, of favours from on high,
Thy locks were wet when others' locks were dry.
Heaven grant us half the omen,--may we see
Not drought on others, but much dew on thee!
Scheme | AABBCCDD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111111 1101010101 11010101 1100111101 010111111 1101110101 10111010111 1111011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 370 |
Words | 66 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 8 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 291 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 63 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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