Analysis of A Prayer to My Family
Lord. My brother and my savior.
I ask of thee to please help me.
Remove my pain and heal my heart.
So that my body can, once again,be your home.
God. My Father and my light.
Guide me with your stern hand and gentle love.
Lead me so I can walk along this path that you have made for me.
Guide me to be one with my brother and you, as your eternal child.
Mary. My mother and my confidant.
Keep me in your gentle warmth, as all mothers do. Teach me what we women must know.
And as you put all your trust into my Father help me to do so as well.
I ask of thee three to help me throughout all my life.
Until I travel to join thee in our eternal home in heaven.
Amen.
| Scheme | ABCDEFBGHIJKLM |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11100110 11111111 01110111 1111011111 1110011 1111110101 1111110111111111 11111111001110101 101100110 11011011110111111011 0111111011101111111 1111111101111 011101110100101010 01 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 648 |
| Words | 140 |
| Sentences | 18 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 501 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 139 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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