Analysis of One Heartbeat
Lene' Mumaugh 1961 (Billings, Montana)
Ripples flow from the tiny pebble
Dropped carelessly into the lake
A symphonic rhythm of constant motion
Peace in its wake
A single beat of love
Flows in a circle 'round the pebble
In each and every one of us
Jesus in the midst of the tremble
We are of one heartbeat
Full of love for each other
To encourage, to nurture and strengthen
A friend, a neighbor, a sister and our brother.
| Scheme | ABCB XAXA XDCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 101101010 11000101 00101011010 1011 010111 100101010 010100111 100011010 11111 1111110 1010110010 0101001001010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 371 |
| Words | 73 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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