This is an analysis of the poem Lord, Teach Us How To Pray Aright that begins with:

Lord, teach us how to pray aright,
With reverence and with fear;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba acac cdcd deXe fcfc ebeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110110 0100101 11110011 111111 11001101 1111001 11011101 111101 10111101 010011 11110101 100101 10010101 111101 01110111 111101 10011111 110101 10110101 111111 11111001 110011 11110111 111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; we, and, thy are repeated.

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

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