Analysis of "THIS I PRAY"

Melissa Darsey 1984 (Greenville)



**Heavenly Father this I pray,
Please banish this sickness from our Goo.
Heal her body in every way,
For now I dedicate her back to You.
**And she's a jewel upon this Earth,
Created perfectly by Your own hands.
She'd been made in Your image before her birth,
She'll serve You in Your favor & will follow Your commands.
**For "God's Favor" is the meaning of her middle name,
Which is why I had chosen to call her Grace.
She'll do wonders for Your Kingdom all in the same,
Setting a happy smile, upon Your glorious face.
**So I ask You to watch over her tonight,
Help her to gently slumber away.
Please make her illness vanish from sight,
Oh, Heavenly Father, this I pray.


Scheme ABABCDCDEFEFGAGA
Poetic Form
Metre 10010111 1101101101 101001001 111100111 010100111 0101001111 11101100101 1110110110101 1110101010101 11111101101 111011101001 1001010111001 11111110001 101101001 110101011 110010111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 669
Words 126
Sentences 8
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 521
Words per stanza (avg) 125

About this poem

Putting all your faith and trust in God, knowing that whatever you ask of Him in His name, it shall be done!

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Written on September 01, 2021

Submitted by Passionate_Poet39 on September 03, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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