Analysis of Thank You Lord, ” I said
His body was broken
And His blood was shed.
Words of love were spoken
when He bowed His head.
As the bread was broken
tears from my eyes I shed
Words of love I’d spoken,
“Thank You Lord, ” I said.
| Scheme | ABAB ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 110110 01111 111010 11111 101110 111111 111110 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 202 |
| Words | 41 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 74 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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A prayer at a communion service
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