Analysis of Seems So Long Ago



Oh my dear Lord
Seems so long ago
That I came to your house
Yet ‘twas this week you know
Please give me the strength
The motivation and such
To come to Thy house often
For I love it so much!


Scheme ABCBDEFE
Poetic Form
Metre 1111 11101 111111 111111 11101 001001 1111110 111111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 185
Words 41
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 148
Words per stanza (avg) 41
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Submitted on April 17, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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