Analysis of Pray for Me By Hershey



Pray for me
By Hershey

On a bright sunny day, you can see
the fresh dandelions bursting into flurries  
when a gust of wind blows them apart

The chipped paint from the walls reminded you of
a sweeter time but saddens you because it’s getting old  

The rosemary bushes add a very minty smell to the air
Just like when grandma had those Peppermint Patty's always fully stocked
Because she always loved seeing her grandchildren  

The Fresh cut grass that makes your eyes red just letting you know that it's okay to cry

The warm blissful air going through your fingers while driving in the passenger seat

The speedometer reading 75 miles per hour, the crisp air
Getting harder the breathe

Feeling like you are suffocating on your breath
Feeling your heart drop to your feet

She says “pray for me”

but that's hard when your face to face with depression, walking on a line of anxiety, and shaking hands with death

Looking up to the ceiling with your eyes shut trying hard to hold back the tears
Your hands folded to send a letter to the heavens hoping he hears your calls

Pray for me

Rain thumbing against the windshield trying to beat god from making the last call

When will he listen, when will he touch the soul of this Lifeless body fighting to survive but in the end won't make it
Why keep praying for something that doesn't work
he’s failed you why pray for something that isn't gonna happen

She's a “prayer warrior” they say, but she's fighting a battle that she can't win

Now her kids have to look in the mirror knowing that the god that they believed in has taken away their mother.

The women that gave you life, gave you hope, supported you your whole life now lost her life because it was god's plan, it was fate making the decisions, it was her time, it was wrong

Where are the angels
God's soldiers that are supposed to be protecting her, fighting the war against the demons that are whispering evil thoughts into her head
There was no thought in mind that you would take her from us
cursing her with a plague of sickness not to get better because she wasn't good enough for God's touch    

Pray for Us


Scheme Aa axx xx bxc x d bx ed a e xx A x xxc x x x xxfx f
Poetic Form
Metre 111 110 101101111 01100100110 101111101 01110101011 01011101011101 01010101011101 111101110101101 0111110010 0111111111101111111 01101101110110001001 00100101110011 101001 10111100111 10111111 11111 1111111110101010110100010111 1011010111110111101 1110110101010101111 111 110010110111110011 11110111101111010101011001111 11101101101 111111101101010 1011001111100101111 1011110010101011101011001110 0101111111010111111010111111111000101101111 11010 1101101110100100101010111001010101 1111011111011 1001011101111001110101111 111
Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 2,105
Words 389
Sentences 2
Stanzas 19
Stanza Lengths 2, 3, 2, 3, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1
Lines Amount 33
Letters per line (avg) 51
Words per line (avg) 12
Letters per stanza (avg) 88
Words per stanza (avg) 20
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Submitted by utsickbrayden on January 28, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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