Analysis of A prayer to the Father of heaven
John Skelton 1460 (Norfolk) – 1529 (London)
O radiant luminary of light interminable,
Celestial Father, potential God of might,
Of heaven and earth O Lord incomparable,
Of all perfections the essential most perfite !
O maker of mankind, that formëd day and night,
Whose power imperial comprehendeth every place :
Mine heart, my mind, my thought, my whole delight
Is after this life to see thy glorious face.
Whose magnificense is incomprehensible,
All arguments of reason which far doth exceed,
Whose deity doubtless is indivisible,
From whom all goodness and virtue doth proceed ;
Of thy support all creätures have need :
Assist me, good Lord, and grant my of thy grace
To live to thy pleasure in word, thought, and deed,
And after this life to see thy glorious face.
Scheme | ABABBCBC ADADDCDC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11001001101000 01010010111 110011101000 111001011 110111111101 110010011001 1111111101 110111111001 11100100 110011011101 11001010100 11110010101 110111111 01111011111 11111001101 010111111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 763 |
Words | 122 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 288 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 62 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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