This is an analysis of Horace. Book Ii. Ode X. by William Cowper.
Receive, dear friend, the truths I teach,
So shalt thou live beyond the reach…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabccd eefddf bbgggg bdehhe ffijji iiekke g ddiillkk
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,1,8,
- Metre: 01110111 11110101 0011010 11110101 11110001 0101001 11110101 11010001 010101 11011101 11110111 1000101 010111010 010101010 1100001 01110101 01110001 110101 01010100 10000101 110101 01010001 101011101 110101 101100101 01010011 010101 01110101 100010101 110101 01000111 11000001 111101 11010111 01100101 111100 0010100101 1001110111 1111011101 1100011111 0101110101 1111001001 1101110001 1001010101 1100011001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 45
Repeated words/phrases
thy