Analysis of Joy In Martyrdom
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
Sweet tenants of this grove!
Who sing without design,
A song of artless love,
In unison with mine:
These echoing shades return
Full many a note of ours,
That wise ones cannot learn,
With all their boasted powers.
O thou! whose sacred charms
These hearts so seldom love,
Although thy beauty warms
And blesses all above;
How slow are human things,
To choose their happiest lot!
All–glorious King of kings,
Say why we love thee not?
This heart, that cannot rest,
Shall thine for ever prove;
Though bleeding and distressed,
Yet joyful in thy love:
'Tis happy though it breaks
Beneath thy chastening hand;
And speechless, yet it speaks,
What thou canst understand.
Scheme | XABACDCD XBXBEFEF GXGBXHXH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110111 110101 01111 010011 1100101 11001110 111101 1111010 111101 111101 11101 010101 111101 1111001 1100111 111111 111101 111101 110001 110011 110111 01111 010111 11101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 646 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 174 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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