Analysis of Every Grain of Sand



Lord
i
found
this
tunnel of joy
as
i
walk
along
the
silent shore
yet
in
the palm of
my hand
shall be
every grain of this sand


Scheme aBcdefBghijklmnon
Poetic Form
Metre 1 1 1 1 1011 1 1 1 01 0 101 1 0 011 11 11 1001111
Characters 115
Words 28
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 17
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 6
Words per line (avg) 2
Letters per stanza (avg) 98
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Written on September 03, 2021

Submitted by gregory_g on September 04, 2021

Modified on March 29, 2023

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