Analysis of I Pray



I pray even for those who hurt me
Please give them hearts to feel
Please give me a brain to know the difference
Always think
Always pray
Always keep your faith
Always pay attention
Searching for the better ways
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Scheme ABCDEFGHD
Poetic Form Nonet (33%)
Metre 111011111 111111 11101110100 11 11 1111 11010 1010101 1
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 217
Words 43
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 9
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 175
Words per stanza (avg) 40
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Submitted by amandak on April 10, 2024

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