Analysis of The Perfect Sacrifice
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
I place an offering at thy shrine,
From taint and blemish clear,
Simple and pure in its design,
Of all that I hold dear.
I yield thee back thy gifts again,
Thy gifts which most I prize;
Desirous only to retain
The notice of thine eyes.
But if, by thine adored decree,
That blessing be denied;
Resigned and unreluctant, see
My every wish subside.
Thy will in all things I approve,
Exalted or cast down;
Thy will in every state I love,
And even in thy frown.
Scheme | ABAB XCXC DEDE XFXF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 111100111 110101 10010101 111111 11111101 111111 01010101 010111 11110101 110101 01011 1100101 11011101 010111 110100111 010011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 449 |
Words | 89 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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