This is an analysis of Olney Hymn 14: Jehovah-Shammah by William Cowper.
As birds their infant brood protect,
And spread their wings to shelter them,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abaX bXbc dede dfdf cgXg
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11110101 11110100 11010001 10111000 11100100 01010001 10010101 11010101 01010001 01000101 11011101 01011101 110111001 110101101 01011101 01110111 11011101 01010101 010111010 111100111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 20
