Analysis of Love Pure And Fervent
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
Jealous, and with love o'erflowing,
God demands a fervent heart;
Grace and bounty still bestowing,
Calls us to a grateful part.
Oh, then, with supreme affection
His paternal will regard!
If it cost us some dejection,
Every sigh has its reward.
Perfect love has power to soften
Cares that might our peace destroy,
Nay, does more—transforms them often,
Changing sorrow into joy.
Sovereign Love appoints the measure,
And the number of our pains;
And is pleased when we find pleasure
In the trials he ordains.
Scheme | ABAB CXCX CDCD EFEF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 100111 1010101 10101010 1110101 11101010 1010101 111111 10011101 011110110 11110101 11101110 1010011 10101010 00101101 01111110 001011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 500 |
Words | 87 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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