This is an analysis of Peace After A Storm by William Cowper.

When darkness long has veil'd my mind,
And smiling day once more appears,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd cece caca dfdf gXge
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11011111 11011101 11100111 01001111 111111001 11111100 11011101 11011101 11111101 11111101 11011101 11011001 11110001 11110101 11110101 10011101 11111101 100101000 11100101 11010101 11110001 11110010 11110101 01110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

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