Analysis of One Verse
Oh, to have one thing to start the day,
a smile to greet the sun
Oh, to have toys as a child at play,
a field to chase and run
Oh, to have someone to love me true,
my faults on full display
Oh, to bow righteous before the Lord,
—with one verse left to pray
(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2017)
| Scheme | AB AB XA XA A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111101 011101 111110111 011101 11111111 111101 111100101 111111 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 293 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 44 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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