This is an analysis of Translation Of Prior's Chloe And Euphelia by William Cowper.

Mercator, vigiles oculos ut fallere possit,
Nomine sub ficto trans mare mittit opes;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX X XXX X
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,3,1,3,1,
  • Metre: 01010010011010 10110111010 110100110010 11010011101 110010010010010 1101111110 1101010011010 11010100010 101101010010 11010010011 11100101001 1010010010111 1001010110011010 11011101010 11001011010 110010110010
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 17