This is an analysis of Olney Hymn 55: The Heart Healed And Changed By Mercy by William Cowper.
Sin enslaved me many years,
And led me bound and blind;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcbcX dcdcebeb cfcfgXgX
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
- Metre: 1011100 111111 1110101 1101011 10110101 1110101 1110111 110111 1110011 010001 1110111 110101 1110111 1111101 1110111 010101 1010101 110110 1010011 110111 1110111 1011001 1010111 111110
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 24
