Analysis of With Grace Sent
I often walk a mile
to go just fifteen steps
I often write ten pages
for that line that dries and sets
I often talk a blue streak
hoping for one special word
And often love beyond my heart
—with grace sent from our Lord
(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110101 111011 1101110 1111101 1101011 1011101 01010111 1111101 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 258 |
| Words | 49 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 41 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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