Analysis of Looking Upwards in a Storm
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
God of my life, to Thee I call,
Afflicted at Thy feet I fall;
When the great water-floods prevail,
Leave not my trembling heart to fail!
Friend of the friendless and the faint,
Where should I lodge my deep complaint,
Where but with Thee, whose open door
Invites the helpless and the poor!
Did ever mourner plead with Thee,
And Thou refuse the mourner's plea?
Does not the word still fix'd remain,
That none shall seek Thy face in vain?
That were a grief I could not bear,
Didst Thou not hear and answer prayer:
But a prayer-hearing, answering God
Supports me under every load.
Fair is the lot that's cast for me;
I have an Advocate with Thee;
They whom the world caresses most
Have no such privilege to boast.
Poor though I am, despised, forgot,
Yet God, my God, forgets me not:
And he is safe, and must succeed,
For whom the Lord vouchsafes to plead.
Scheme | AABB CCXX DDEE FFXX DDGG HHII |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 11111111 01011111 10110101 111100111 1101001 11111101 11111101 01010001 11010111 0101011 11011101 11111101 10011111 11110101 101101001 011101001 11011111 11110011 11010101 1111011 11110101 11110111 01110101 1101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 859 |
Words | 160 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 110 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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