Analysis of To Warren Hastings, Esq.
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
Hastings! I knew thee young, and of a mind
While young humane, conversable, and kind;
Nor can I well believe thee, gentle then,
Now grown a villain, and the worst of men.
But rather some suspect, who have oppressed
And worried thee, as not themselves the best.
| Scheme | AABBCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Sestain |
| Metre | 1011110101 1101101 1111011101 1101000111 1101011101 0101110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 264 |
| Words | 49 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 202 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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