Analysis of Make me whole Lord



Make me whole Lord
Make me whole
Wash my mind, cleanse my soul
I want to be whole

Make me wise Lord
Make me wise
Give me knowledge of your life
I want to be wise

Make me true Lord
Make me true
Let me worship only you
I want to be true

Make me brave Lord
Make me brave
Give me courage to be saved
I want to be brave


Scheme ABBB ACXC ADDD AEXE
Poetic Form Quatrain  (50%)
Metre 1111 111 111111 11111 1111 111 1110111 11111 1111 111 1110101 11111 1111 111 1110111 11111
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 320
Words 76
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 15
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 61
Words per stanza (avg) 18

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A petition to the Lord

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Written on 1981

Submitted by tjbell.7.tb on September 18, 2023

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