Analysis of The Love Of God The End Of Life
William Cowper 1731 (Berkhamsted) – 1800 (Dereham)
Since life in sorrow must be spent,
So be it--I am well content,
And meekly wait my last remove,
Seeking only growth in love.
No bliss I seek, but to fulfil
In life, in death, thy lovely will;
No succours in my woes I want,
Save what thou art pleased to grant.
Our days are numbered, let us spare
Our anxious hearts a needless care:
'Tis thine to number out our days;
Ours to give them to thy praise.
Love is our only business here,
Love, simple, constant, and sincere;
O blessed days, thy servants see,
Spent, O Lord! in pleasing thee!
| Scheme | AAXX BBXX CCDD XXEE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (25%) |
| Metre | 11010111 11111110 01011101 1010101 1111111 01011101 1101111 1111111 101110111 101010101 111101101 10111111 111010101 11010001 1111101 1110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 529 |
| Words | 104 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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