Analysis of Look down, Father
Look down, Father.
At your people.
Murdered without number.
Hunted and cornered.
Have mercy, Father.
Stop the unnecessary bloodshed.
The inhuman treatment
of helpless ones.
Please Father,
Stop the war.
In Jesus' Name. Amen.
| Scheme | ABACADEFAGH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110 1110 100110 10010 11010 1001001 001010 1101 110 101 010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 224 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 11 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 176 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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