Analysis of Dear God

Joshua L. Holmes 1986 (u)



Did you create us just to hurt,
how could you be so cruel
the bible says you planned this all
this day, this pain, you knew.


Scheme ABCD
Poetic Form
Metre 11011111 1111110 01011111 111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 121
Words 26
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 95
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted by new2you1986 on March 18, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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