This is an analysis of Seeking The Beloved by William Cowper.
To those who love the Lord I speak;
Is my Beloved near?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eeee fgfg dbdb hihi
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 01110111 010101 01101111 110101 11010111 111101 11010101 1111011 11011101 0110011 11111101 110101 110100001 110101 01110111 110111 110100111 111101 11011101 111111 11001101 111111 11111101 110111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
his, would, and
Anaphora
then, and