This is an analysis of the poem A Song Prayer that begins with:
Lord Jesus,
Oh, ease us...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeecc ffgghh ccddii ddbbii ddggjj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110 111 011010 011010 1011 011 110 110 111010 111110 1101 111 110 110 110110 111110 1011 101 111 110 111110 110010 1111 011 110 110 111110 1101110 1001 011 110 010 011010 011010 1101 011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word of is repeated.
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