Analysis of Olney Hymn 58: True And False Comforts
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
O God, whose favorable eye,
The sin-sick soul revives,
Holy and heavenly is the joy
Thy shining presence gives.
Not such as hypocrites suppose,
Who with a graceless heart
Taste not of Thee, but drink a dose,
Prepared by Satan's art.
Intoxicating joys are theirs,
Who while they boast their light,
And seem to soar above the stars,
Are plunging into night.
Lull'd in a soft and fatal sleep,
They sin and yet rejoice;
Were they indeed the Saviour's sheep,
Would they not hear His voice?
Be mine the comforts that reclaim
The soul from Satan's power;
That make me blush for what I am,
And hate my sin the more.
'Tis joy enough, my All in All,
At Thy dear feet to lie;
Thou wilt not let me lower fall,
And none can higher fly.
Scheme | AXXX XBXB XCXC DEDE XXXX FAFA |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 11110001 011101 100100101 110101 1111001 110101 11111101 01111 0100111 111111 01110101 110011 10010101 110101 0101011 111111 11010101 011110 11111111 011101 11011101 111111 11111101 011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 730 |
Words | 138 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 93 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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