Analysis of The Physician’s Prayer
Yehudah HaLevi 1075 (Spain) – 1141 (Holy Land)
My God, heal me and I shall be healed,
Let not Thine anger be kindled against me so that I be consumed.
My medicines are of Thee, whether good
Or evil, whether strong or weak.
It is Thou who shalt choose, not I;
Of Thy knowledge is the evil and the fair.
Not upon my power of healing I rely;
Only for Thine healing do I watch.
Translated by Nina Salaman
| Scheme | XXXXAXAX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111101111 11110110011111101 1100111101 11010111 11111111 11101010001 101110110101 101110111 0101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 354 |
| Words | 73 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 136 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 06, 2023
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