Analysis of The Welcoming Song
The lights went out,
the music played,
as Angels spread their wings
My name recalled,
my heart enthralled
—as joyous cherubs sing
(1st Book Of Prayers: March, 2022)
| Scheme | XXX AAX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111 0101 110111 1101 1101 110101 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 168 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 43 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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