This is an analysis of The Soul That Loves God Finds Him Everywhere by William Cowper.

O thou, by long experience tried,
Near whom no grief can long abide;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eXff ggdd bbhh ggbb iiaa cceeXffaa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 111101001 11111101 11110110 11100100 11010101 01010101 100111101 010011101 01011111 110001001 11011101 11011101 11111111 01110001 10010111 11010111 11011111 10010101 11010111 01010101 11011101 11011111 01111101 11111101 11110101 01110111 11110111 11101101 11011101 0111001001 11110101 11010100 11000101 11111101 11011011 11110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 9
  • Lines: 36

Repeated words/phrases

in, my, i, by

Anadiplosis

there