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
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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Lizette Woodworth Reese

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