Analysis of Pray the Day Away
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
The key is in my birthday
In Zechariah four
It shows you who the martyrs are
In Revelation eleven-four
I know you won’t need anymore
Perhaps it’s in one-twenty
You know I think it’s fun for sure
I want to give you plenty
But if the Holy Spirit
Does not help you; you’ll be lost
Upon the raging seas in tempests
There you will be tossed
| Scheme | XAXA ABXB XCXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 011011 011 11110101 00100101 1111101 0110110 11111111 1111110 1101010 1111111 01010101 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 345 |
| Words | 68 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Written on January 29, 2023
Submitted by dawg4jesus on January 30, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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