This is an analysis of Olney Hymn 44: Submission by William Cowper.
O Lord, my best desire fulfil,
And help me to resign…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaXa bcbc bdbd efef dgdgXcdcd
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 111101010 111001 11110010 111101 11111101 110111 11010101 110111 11011101 111101 11010001 110101 11011101 110101 11111111 110101 10110111 110101 0111001 110101 11110101 111011 10111101 111101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
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