This is an analysis of the poem Submission that begins with:
O Lord, my best desire fulfil,
And help me to resign ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXa bcbc bdbd efef dgdgXcdcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101010 111001 11110010 111101 11111101 110111 11010101 110111 11011101 111101 11010001 110101 11011101 110101 11111111 110101 10110111 110101 0111001 110101 11110101 111011 10111101 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
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More information about poems by William Cowper
- Analysis of Self-Acquaintance
- Analysis of The Task: Book Ii, The Time-Piece (Excerpts)
- Analysis of Prudent Simplicity (Translated From Owen)
