This is an analysis of the poem Prayer that begins with:
If I should pray, my prayer would be
For gratitude unlimited :... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabbacca adeedffd Xgbbgffg Xhbbhggh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01111110 11010100 11011111 10111101 11110111 00110101 110110101 11110111 11110101 11010101 010111010 010101010 11010111 11100111 01010111 11011101 11010101 01010101 11110101 11010101 11000101 11010111 00110111 01010111 11000101 11000111 11010011 100101011 01011101 11001101 01011001 110011111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 285
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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