Analysis of Prayer, Under The Pressure Of Violent Anguish
Robert Burns 1759 (Alloway) – 1796 (Dumfries)
O Thou Great Being! what Thou art,
Surpasses me to know;
Yet sure I am, that known to Thee
Are all Thy works below.
Thy creature here before Thee stands,
All wretched and distrest;
Yet sure those ills that wring my soul
Obey Thy high behest.
Sure, Thou, Almighty, canst not act
From cruelty or wrath!
O, free my weary eyes from tears,
Or close them fast in death!
But, if I must afflicted be,
To suit some wise design,
Then man my soul with firm resolves,
To bear and not repine!
| Scheme | ABCB XAXX XXXX CXXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 11110111 010111 11111111 111101 11010111 11001 11111111 011101 11010111 11011 11110111 111101 11110101 111101 11111101 11011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 472 |
| Words | 94 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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