Aspirations Of The Soul After God by William Cowper: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Aspirations Of The Soul After God that begins with:

My Spouse! in whose presence I live,
Sole object of all my desires,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcddedefgfghehebibicccXjgjg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011011 110011010 11101101 1110010010 11001111 01001001 11101011 01101111 01011101 11011001 111011001 11111001 10001011 11111011 111010011 01111011 11011001 11011110 01101011 11001111 11011011 11101011 111001011 11101011 11001111 11101001 111001001 111011001 11101111 11001011 11101101 11001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1051
  • Average number of words per stanza: 206
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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  • summary of Aspirations Of The Soul After God;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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