Analysis of New Prayer Directives
have crossed a line
Hard to trace
How I got there.
Years of asking
Standing in the gap
But too much of that yapping jaw.
As if merit might be measured
That way, but NO.
One quiet early Sunday morning
Alone in a study room
On Laurier Campus.
Reading Colossians Letter.
Then trying to pray.
It was as if Holy Spirit
“Doug please stop talking
I cannot squeeze a Word in.
Conversation is the ticket.
I will not overwhelm.
I want to partner in this.
Whisper to you.
You know this is true.
Perhaps communing, meditating.
Developing awareness that
We are together.
Peace and assurance
Come that way.
And very simply so. OK?”
Scheme | X X X A X X X X A X X B C D A X D X X E E A X B X C C |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101 111 1111 1110 10001 1111111 11101110 1111 11010110 0100101 1110 10110 11011 11111010 11110 1101010 0101010 11101 1111001 1011 11111 01010100 01000101 11010 10010 111 01010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 725 |
Words | 180 |
Sentences | 19 |
Stanzas | 27 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 18 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 4 |
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Written on May 07, 2023
Submitted by dougb.19255 on May 07, 2023
Modified by dougb.19255 on May 07, 2023
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