This is an analysis of Watching Unto God In The Night Season (3) by William Cowper.
Night! how I love thy silent shades,
My spirits they compose;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaa abaX cdcd dede cfXf cbcb gbgb dhdh bibi jcjc dkdk
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11111101 110101 010101101 010111 11100101 01001001 11010111 011000 11110101 100001 010011101 010011 11010101 110101 010010010 110011 01010111 1111001 01110101 111001 10010101 110111 11010001 111101 11111111 1100011 01110111 111101 110001001 1111010 11010101 01010010 011101001 110011 11110111 111101 11010111 000101 11010010 111101 11010101 101101 110010111 111101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 11
- Lines: 44
Repeated words/phrases
my, his, and
