Analysis of Two Prayers
May 19th, 20th, 31st: I know people prayed on those days: 'Don't let it get me or anyone I know' O' God of wet, circular, hailstone slinger of death.' I know I did.
Did the weather pray ' God let us sow destruction, death, heartache, fear thru these midwestern towns'?
Some prayers were answered
| Scheme | ABC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tercet |
| Metre | 1111111110111111111110111111100110111111 101011111010111110101 11010 |
| Characters | 305 |
| Words | 55 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3 |
| Lines Amount | 3 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 74 |
| Words per line (avg) | 18 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 223 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 54 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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