Analysis of Retirement
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
Far from the world, O Lord, I flee,
From strife and tumult far;
From scenes where Satan wages still
His most successful war.
The calm retreat, the silent shade,
With prayer and praise agree;
And seem, by Thy sweet bounty made,
For those who follow Thee.
There if Thy Spirit touch the soul,
And grace her mean abode,
Oh, with what peace, and joy, and love,
She communes with her God!
There like the nightingale she pours
Her solitary lays;
Nor asks a witness of her song,
Nor thirsts for human praise.
Author and Guardian of my life,
Sweet source of light Divine,
And, -- all harmonious names in one, --
My Saviour! Thou art mine.
What thanks I owe Thee, and what love,
A boundless, endless store,
Shall echo through the realms above,
When time shall be no more.
Scheme | AXXB CACA XXDX XEXE XFXF DBDB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 11011111 110101 11110101 110101 01010101 110101 01111101 111101 11110101 010101 11110101 110101 11010011 01001 11010101 111101 100100111 111101 010100101 11111 11111011 010101 11010101 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 769 |
Words | 142 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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