Analysis of Three Questions



You say that God won't answer all
The prayers that you send
To Him which causes hope to fall
When time with Him you spend.

That's why I have three questions for
Your mind to think upon.
You need to think of them before
The current day is gone!

Did you pray with much faith because
Without faith why would God
Help those who often stop to pause
To think such things are odd.

Did you pray for some selfish things,
The stuff that no one needs?
All Christians should take what God brings
To them and where He leads!

And did you pray that God would hurt
Someone who did you wrong,
Since it causes Him to avert
Thoughts to forgiving songs!


Scheme ABAB CXCX DEDE FGFG HXHX
Poetic Form Quatrain  (60%)
Etheree  (30%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 11111101 01111 11110111 111111 11111101 111101 11111101 010111 11111101 011111 11110111 111111 11111101 011111 11011111 110111 01111111 11111 11101101 110101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 637
Words 135
Sentences 7
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 100
Words per stanza (avg) 25

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Written on February 11, 2024

Submitted by stevec.24118 on February 11, 2024

Modified by stevec.24118 on February 11, 2024

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