This is an analysis of Watching Unto God In The Night Season by William Cowper.

Sleep at last has fled these eyes,
Nor do I regret his flight,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eaea bdbd fgfg chch ijij agagXhhhh
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 1111111 1110101 1011101 1110111 1010101 1010101 1111101 1010111 1010111 1010011 1011001 1011011 1011111 1010101 1010101 1010101 10001001 1010111 1010001 1011111 1011101 1010111 1100111 1011101 1011111 0010101 1010101 1010011 1010101 1010101 11100101 1010101 1100011 1110101 1011111 1011101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 9
  • Lines: 36