Analysis of Pray for Understanding
You have made the Heavens and earth,
By Your power and outstretched arm;
You gave us the power of birth,
The means to shelter from all harm.
Nothing hard for Your steadfast love,
But for the guilt You do repay;
Since the wrath can flow from above,
For the children who disobey.
Because O great and mighty God,
The Lord of hosts which is Your name;
We praise You to honor and laud,
As we continue to proclaim.
Great in counsel, mighty in deed,
Whose eyes are open to all ways;
The ways of the children in need,
Blessings fall upon who obeys.
You reward each per for his path,
Concord to the fruit of his deeds;
That they will be spared from the wrath,
Abundant blessings to their needs.
Copyright © 2024 Richard Newton Sherrer
Scheme | ABAB CDCD XEXE FGFG HIHI X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101001 11100011 11101011 01110111 1011111 11011101 10111101 1010101 01110101 01111111 11111001 11010101 10101001 11110111 01101001 10101101 10111111 1101111 11111101 01010111 10101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 731 |
Words | 161 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
About this poem
Too Hard or Too Small Jeremiah 32:17-19
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