Analysis of The Thracian
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
Thracian parents, at his birth,
Mourn their babe with many a tear,
But, with undissembled mirth,
Place him breathless on his bier.
Greece and Rome, with equal score,
'O the savages!' exclaim,
'Whether they rejoice or mourn,
Well entitled to the name!'
But the cause of this concern
And this pleasure would they trace,
Even they might somewhat learn
From the savages of Thrace.
Scheme | AXAX XBXB CDCD |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 110111 11111001 1111 1110111 1011101 1010001 1010111 1010101 1011101 0110111 1011111 1010011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 373 |
Words | 68 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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