Analysis of Oh My God, When I Die
Oh my God, when I die
will You win
or will I?
Oh my God, when I let
will You yield
or beset?
Oh my God, when I lie
will You win
or will I?
Oh my God, when I bet
will You gain
or regret?
Oh my God, when I vie
will You win
or will I?
Oh my God, when I pray
will You help
or betray?
Oh my God, when I try
will you win
or will I?
Oh my God, when I live
will You scold
or forgive?
| Scheme | aBA cxc aBA cxc aBA dxd aBA xxx |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111 111 111 111111 111 101 111111 111 111 111111 111 101 111111 111 111 111111 111 101 111111 111 111 111111 111 101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 352 |
| Words | 92 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 11 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 34 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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