Analysis of Prayer [Fear not in any tongue to call]
Ambrose Bierce 1842 (Meigs County) – 1914 (Chihuahua)
Fear not in any tongue to call
Upon the Lord-He's skilled in all.
But if He answereth my plea
He speaketh one unknown to me.
| Scheme | AABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Balliol rhyme Quatrain |
| Metre | 11010111 01011101 111111 1110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 129 |
| Words | 27 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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