Analysis of A Little Prayer
Let us be thankful, Lord, for little things -
The song of birds, the rapture of the rose;
Cloud-dappled skies, the laugh of limpid springs,
Drowned sunbeams and the perfume April blows;
Bronze wheat a-shimmer, purple shade of trees -
Let us be thankful, Lord of Life, for these!
Let us be praiseful, Sire, for simple sights; -
The blue smoke curling from a fire of peat;
Keen stars a-frolicking on frosty nights,
Prismatic pigeons strutting in a street;
Daisies dew-diamonded in smiling sward -
For simple sights let us be praiseful, Lord!
Let us be grateful, God, for health serene,
The hope to do a kindly deed each day;
The faith of fellowship, a conscience clean,
The will to worship and the gift to pray;
For all of worth in us, of You a part,
Let us be grateful, God, with humble heart.
Scheme | ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHII |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111011101 0111010101 11101111 110001101 1101010111 1111011111 1111101101 01110101011 1101001101 0101010001 10110101 110111111 1111011101 0111010111 011100101 0111000111 1111011101 1111011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 783 |
Words | 146 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 203 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 11, 2023
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