Analysis of To Mrs. Throckmorton, On Her Beautiful Transcript Of Horace's Ode Ad Librum Suum
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
Maria, could Horace have guessed
What honour awaited his ode
To his little volume addressed,
The honour which you have bestowed,--
Who have traced it in characters here,
So elegant, even, and neat,
He had laughed at the critical sneer
Which he seems to have trembled to meet.
And sneer, if you please, he had said,
A nymph shall hereafter arise
Who shall give me, when you are all dead,
The glory your malice denies;
Shall dignity give to my lay,
Although but a mere bagatelle;
And even a poet shall say,
Nothing ever was written so well.
Scheme | ABABXCXC DEDEFFFX |
---|---|
Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01011011 1101011 11101001 0111101 111101001 11001001 111101001 111111011 01111111 01101001 111111111 01011001 11001111 11011 01001011 101011011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 531 |
Words | 101 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 211 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
Font size:
Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
- 30 sec read
- 100 Views
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"To Mrs. Throckmorton, On Her Beautiful Transcript Of Horace's Ode Ad Librum Suum" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 28 Apr. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/40223/to-mrs.-throckmorton%2C-on-her-beautiful-transcript-of-horace%27s-ode-ad-librum-suum>.
Discuss this William Cowper poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In