This is an analysis of the poem One Prayer I Have -- All Prayers In One, -- that begins with:

One prayer I have - all prayers in one, -
When I am wholly thine;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbc dedeXbcbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101 111101 10111001 111001 11010110 011101 11011101 110011 11010101 1001111 11010101 111101 11110101 111101 11010101 101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; i is repeated.

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