Analysis of Thank God for Little Children
Thank God for little children,
Bright flowers by earth's wayside,
The dancing, joyous lifeboats
Upon life's stormy tide.
Thank God for little children;
When our skies are cold and gray,
They come as sunshine to our hearts,
And charm our cares away.
I almost think the angels,
Who tend life's garden fair,
Drop down the sweet wild blossoms
That bloom around us here.
It seems a breath of heaven
Round many a cradle lies,
And every little baby
Brings a message from the skies.
Dear mothers, guard these jewels.
As sacred offerings meet,
A wealth of household treasures
To lay at Jesus' feet.
Scheme | Abxb Acxc dxxx aexe dfxf |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 1111010 110111 010101 011101 1111010 11011101 11111101 0110101 111010 111101 1101110 110111 1101110 1100101 01001010 1010101 1101110 1101001 011110 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 597 |
Words | 105 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 93 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 10, 2023
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