Analysis of Together
Duane A. Peterson 1964 (Minnesota)
Like an eager soldier I stood before you,
warned of the enemy that awaits me,
you armed me with your word.
The enemy smothered me like a blanket,
all while your sharpened word pounded away in my defense,
and the loving defense of your children.
You said, you’d never leave me,
as a child of God I believe your promise.
I know that we’ll do this… your will… together.
Scheme | XAX XXX AXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101011011 1101001011 111111 01001011010 11110110010101 0010011110 1111011 10111101110 11111111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 376 |
Words | 79 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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