Analysis of American Soldier



I prayed for you today  to keep you safe from harm.
For Him to be your guiding light, and hold you in His            arms.
I prayed for you today, so I can speak to you once more.
To hear the sweet words you say to keep my heart warm.
I prayed for your safe return because there is no doubt,
If you were to die, how would I find out?
I need to hear your soft words trembling in my ears
to feel your breath against me as you soothe away my fears.
You give me butterflies that I thought were forever still,
and now that I found you, I hope they never will.


Scheme ABCDEEFFGG
Poetic Form
Metre 111101111111 11111101011011 11110111111111 110111111111 1111101011111 1101111111 1111111100011 11110111110111 1111011100101 011111111101
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 545
Words 114
Sentences 7
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 42
Words per line (avg) 13
Letters per stanza (avg) 416
Words per stanza (avg) 126
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Submitted by ritablooding on March 02, 2019

Modified on March 14, 2023

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