This is an analysis of Horace, Book I. Ode Xxxviii. (2) by William Cowper.

Boy! I detest all Persian fopperies,
Fillet-bound garlands are to me disgusting;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbXXab
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 1101110100 01110101010 11100101111 1101010 110111111100 11010100010 11010111110 01110110
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8

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