This is an analysis of Olney Hymn 23: Pleading For And With Youth by William Cowper.
Sin has undone our wretched race;
But Jesus has restored,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd aeae fgfg fhfh cbcX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11011101 110101 11010101 000101 01010101 110111 11010101 110111 10010101 1001010 01001101 1101010 11110101 110101 11010101 011111 11110101 0010101 11010101 110101 11010111 110101 110100101 100111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 24
Anaphora
lord
