This is an analysis of Olney Hymn 39: The Valley Of The Shadow Of Death by William Cowper.
My soul is sad, and much dismay'd;
See, Lord, what legions of my foes,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb cdcd aeaeXeaea
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 11011101 11110011 01100111 110010001 10010101 11010111 01011111 01010011 110010101 11010101 11010101 11010101 11011101 11110011 0111111 11010001 11110101 10111101 110100101 11111111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 20
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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