Analysis of Trust
Lizette Woodworth Reese 1856 (Waverly) – 1935
I am thy grass, O Lord!
I grow up sweet and tall
But for a day; beneath Thy sword
To lie at evenfall.
Yet have I not enough
In that brief day of mine?
The wind, the bees, the wholesome stuff
The sun pours out like wine.
Behold, this is my crown;
Love will not let me be;
Love holds me here; Love cuts me down;
And it is well with me.
Lord, Love, keep it but so;
Thy purpose is full plain;
I die that after I may grow
As tall, as sweet again.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GXGX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 111111 111101 11010111 1111 111101 011111 01010101 011111 011111 111111 11111111 011111 111111 110111 11110111 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 466 |
Words | 97 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 82 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 04, 2023
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