This is an analysis of Olney Hymn 46: Retirement by William Cowper.
Far from the world, O Lord, I flee,
From strife and tumult far;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcb dada cded ffXf XgggXebeb
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 10011111 011101 01110101 010101 01010101 011101 11111101 111101 10110101 110101 10111111 110001 11010011 010101 11010001 111101 101100011 110101 110100101 110111 11111111 010101 11010101 111011
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
from, and
Anaphora
from, nor
