Analysis of Now Mine To Keep
My first breath every morning,
a thank-you to the Lord
My heart beats then in tribute,
single note in heaven’s chord
My last breath every evening,
as I close my eyes to sleep
To thank him softly once again,
—his grace now mine to keep
(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2016)
from ‘The Book Of Prayers’
| Scheme | AB XB AC XC XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 11110010 011101 1111010 1010101 11110010 1111111 11110101 111111 0100101 10111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 308 |
| Words | 54 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 46 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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