Analysis of Submission
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
O Lord, my best desire fulfil,
And help me to resign
Life, health, and comfort to Thy will,
And make Thy pleasure mine.
Why whould I shrink at Thy command,
Whose love forbids my fears?
Or tremble at the gracious hand
That wipes away my tears?
No, rather let me freely yield
What most I prize to Thee;
Who never hast a good withheld,
Or wilt withhold, from me.
Thy favor, all my journey through,
Thou art engaged to grant;
What else I want, or think I do,
'Tis better still to want.
Wisdom and mercy guide my way,
Shall I resist them both?
A poor blind creature of day,
And crush'd before the moth!
But ah! my inward spirit cries,
Still binds me to Thy sway;
Else the next cloud that veils the skies
Drives all these thoughts away.
Scheme | ABAB CXCX XDXD EXEX FXFX GFGF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 11110101 011101 11010111 011101 11111101 110111 11010101 110111 11011101 111111 11010101 110111 11011101 110111 11111111 110111 10010111 110111 0111011 010101 11110101 111111 10111101 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 738 |
Words | 142 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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