This is an analysis of Come, Gentle God by James Thomson.

Come, gentle God of soft desire,
Come and possess my happy breast,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb dede
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 110101010 11011101 110101110 11010101 11010101 11011101 11010011 11010111 11010011 01110101 11111101 11010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Anaphora

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