This is an analysis of True And False Comforts by William Cowper.

O God, whose favorable eye,
The sin-sick soul revives,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab bcdc bcbc eded fXfX gaga
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11110001 011101 101100001 110101 11110101 100101 11011101 011101 01010111 111111 11010101 110001 10011101 111101 01010101 111101 01010101 0101010 11111111 111101 11011101 111101 11111101 111101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

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