Analysis of The Entire Surrender

William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)



Peace has unveiled her smiling face,
And wooes thy soul to her embrace,
Enjoyed with ease, if thou refrain
From earthly love, else sought in vain;
She dwells with all who truth prefer,
But seeks not them who seek not her.

Yield to the Lord, with simple heart,
All that thou hast, and all thou art;
Renounce all strength but strength divine;
And peace shall be for ever thine:
Behold the path which I have trod,
My path, till I go home to God.


Scheme AABBCC DDEEFF
Poetic Form
Metre 11010101 01111001 01111101 11011101 11111101 11111110 11011101 11110111 01111101 01111101 01011111 11111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 439
Words 86
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 6, 6
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 172
Words per stanza (avg) 42
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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William Cowper

William Macquarie Cowper was an Australian Anglican archdeacon and Dean of Sydney. more…

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