Analysis of Praying For The Light
I know that I believe,
never sure of whom or what that is
I know that I can see,
never sure of what’s beyond my sight
I’ve heard your pleading heart,
never sure of how that makes me feel
As I stand inside this shadow waiting
—praying for the light
(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2015)
| Scheme | XX XA XX XA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111101 101111111 111111 101100111 111101 101111111 111011110 10101 010010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 293 |
| Words | 54 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 45 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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