Analysis of Lord



Sometimes when things look ugly.
Sometimes when things look Blue.
It's always a lot brighter, Lord,
When I think of you.


Scheme ABCB
Poetic Form Ballad stanza
Quatrain 
Simple 4-line
Metre 0111110 011111 1101101 11111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 117
Words 21
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 94
Words per stanza (avg) 21
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Submitted on November 04, 2012

Modified on March 05, 2023

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