Analysis of To My People
Kenneth R. Jenkins 1961 (Augusta, GA)
If my people could hear God's voice
And obey the voice of the Lord
For my people
To my people
Hear the voice of the Lord
And love the Lord.
To my people
I share my God to you
To my people
To my God!
| Scheme | abcCbbCdCe |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (50%) Etheree (40%) |
| Metre | 11101111 00101101 1110 1110 101101 0101 1110 111111 1110 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 206 |
| Words | 46 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 151 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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