Analysis of Pray



My friend needs help
But he wont tell me where he is.
What can I do but pray?

He stopped replying to my texts,
Maybe it's all a joke.
All I can do is pray.

I have to put this in Gods hands.
Maybe I'm not the one to help.
I'm just going to pray.


Scheme AXB XXB XAB
Poetic Form
Metre 1111 11111111 111111 11010111 101101 111111 11111011 10110111 111011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 236
Words 55
Sentences 8
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 60
Words per stanza (avg) 18
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Submitted on May 15, 2012

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Diana Hambrick

My emotions and experiences from my everyday life or inspired by others. more…

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