This is an analysis of The Love Of God The End Of Life by William Cowper.

Since life in sorrow must be spent,
So be it--I am well content,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb XXaa ccdd ccee
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11010101 10011110 11011101 1010101 11111010 01011100 11001111 1111101 11110111 11010101 11010111 1010011 10110101 11010101 1111101 1110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

in, to, our

Anaphora

our, love