This is an analysis of Olney Hymn 53: My Soul Thirsteth For God by William Cowper.
I thirst, but not as once I did,
The vain delights of earth to share;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eded fgfgXbebe
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 11111110 01010101 110100101 11111101 01010111 11110101 11100111 01011101 111110101 11011101 11010111 11010101 11000101 11010101 11011111 01011101 11010111 01001101 11110001 11110111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 20
Repeated words/phrases
i, of, that
