Analysis of Laying devout
I lay devout now, downward spiral
Awaiting these four dragging hours or so.
Blessed beyond thou years, Tonight my one almost two years old, thanked the Lord before he eat, and, right when I felt like giving in.
Blessed thee, I'll lay devoutly.
| Scheme | XX X X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110111010 01011101011 10111011111111010111011111100 1111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 289 |
| Words | 45 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 48 |
| Words per line (avg) | 12 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 64 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on January 26, 2016
Modified on March 14, 2023
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