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:…
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
i
Anaphora
the
