This is an analysis of Aspirations Of The Soul After God by William Cowper.

My Spouse! in whose presence I live,
Sole object of all my desires,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcddedefgfghehebibicccXjgjg
  • Stanza lengths: 32,
  • Metre: 11011011 110011010 11101101 1110010010 11001111 01001001 11101011 01101111 01011101 11011001 111011001 11111001 10001011 11111011 111010011 01111011 11011001 11011110 01101011 11001111 11011011 11101011 111001011 11101011 11001111 11101001 111001001 111011001 11101111 11001011 11101101 11001011
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 32

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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