This is an analysis of Olney Hymn 51: Lively Hope And Gracious Fear by William Cowper.

I was a grovelling creature once,
And basely cleaved to earth:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gege hihiXfgfg
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 110100101 11001001 11010001 011111 11110101 111001 11111101 010111 01010111 110101 01010101 010101 01010101 110001 01110101 111111 110001100 011111 11010101 111111 11010001 110111 11110101 111111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

the