Analysis of Love's Prayer
Lucy Maud Montgomery 1874 (New London, Prince Edward Island) – 1942 (Toronto)
Beloved, this the heart I offer thee
Is purified from old idolatry,
From outworn hopes, and from the lingering stain
Of passion's dregs, by penitential pain.
Take thou it, then, and fill it up for me
With thine unstinted love, and it shall be
An earthy chalice that is made divine
By its red draught of sacramental wine.
| Scheme | AABB AACC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 011011101 110110100 1110101001 111111 1111011111 11110111 1101011101 1111110001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 328 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 127 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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