This is an analysis of Olney Hymn 64: Praise For Faith by William Cowper.

Of all the gifts Thine hand bestows,
Thou Giver of all good!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eeee dfdf fgXg
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 01011101 110010 110010101 111001 11010101 001111 11010111 111001 111101001 110101 111010001 110101 10010011 1100101 11110101 110101 11111111 011111 010101010 111101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

thee

Anaphora

we