Analysis of I PRAY FOR YOU



 I PRAY A BLACK CAT,
 CROSSES YOUR PATH.
  I PRAY THAT SOMEONE,
 STEALS YOUR STASH.

I PRAY YOUR DREAMS,
 NEVER COME TRUE.
  I PRAY THERE IS A HOLE,
 IN YOUR CANOE.

I PRAY IT'S DARK AND,
 YOU FEEL THE RAIN.
  I PRAY YOU’RE A JUNKY,
 WHO CAN'T FIND A VEIN.

I PRAY YOUR NIGHTMARES
COME TRUE.
I PRAY THERE IS ACID
IN YOUR SHAMPOO..

I PRAY YOU HAVE NO LIGHT,
 AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL.
  I PRAY THAT LIFE,
 IS A CONSTANT STRUGGLE.

I PRAY YOUR PARACHUTE FAILS,
 WHEN YOU JUMP FROM THE PLANE.
  I PRAY THAT YOU ARE,
 HIT BY A TRAIN.

I PRAY YOU SEEK AND,
 NEVER FIND.
  I PRAY PEOPLE,
 TREAT YOU UNKIND.

I PRAY YOUR PARTNER.
 CHEATS ON YOU.
  I PRAY YOU CAN,
 FEEL THE BLUES.

I PRAY YOU TRIP,
 AND FALL.
  I PRAY YOU HAVE,
 NO ONE TO CALL.

I PRAY YOU,
LOSE YOUR MIND.
I PRAY YOU ARE,
LEFT BEHIND.

I PRAY YOU ARE STRANDED,
ON AN ISLAND.
I PRAY THAT YOU ARE
ALWAYS CRYING.

I PRAY YOU ARE
STUNG BY A BEE.
I PRAY YOU,
HIT A TREE.

I PRAY YOU,
STRIKE OUT.
I PRAY YOU ARE,
RIDDLED WITH
 DOUBT.


Scheme xxxx xaxa bcdc xaea xfxf xcGc bhfh xaxx xixi AhGh ebGx GdAd AjGxj
Poetic Form
Metre 11011 1011 1111 111 1111 1011 111101 0101 11110 1101 111010 11101 1111 11 111110 0101 111111 1011010 1111 101010 111101 111101 11111 1101 11110 101 1110 1101 11110 111 1111 101 1111 01 1111 1111 111 111 1111 101 111110 1110 11111 110 1111 1101 111 101 111 11 1111 101 1
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 1,030
Words 261
Sentences 28
Stanzas 13
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5
Lines Amount 53
Letters per line (avg) 13
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 53
Words per stanza (avg) 15

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THIS IS ALL IN FUN.

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Written on September 15, 2023

Submitted by Turbo1904 on October 15, 2023

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