My Prayer by Charles Sangster: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem My Prayer that begins with:

O God! forgive the erring thought,
The erring word and deed,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab bcdc aceX ffcf agXg bhhh fhhh hhbh dbeb Xaaa Xfff afXfXbgag
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 010111 10110101 110101 11110101 110111 01110001 111111 01010001 110100 10111111 110101 01010101 110111 01010101 100101 11010111 111101 11010001 010001 11010111 110101 100111001 010101 11110101 1101010 11111101 1011010 11010101 110101 10011101 011101 11010101 110101 11110111 010011 11110111 111101 11010101 101101 01010101 010001 11111111 010101 11110111 010101 11010101 010101 11110101 111101 11111101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • 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.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of My Prayer;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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