This is an analysis of The Happy Change by William Cowper.

How bless'd Thy creature is, O God,
When with a single eye,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cccc deae Xfff cgagXcdfd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 11110011 100101 11010011 010011 11011101 111101 01010011 010101 11110101 010111 10110101 110101 01010101 010101 101100101 1101001 010011101 010101 110100011 110001 11010001 0101101 11011101 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24

Anaphora

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