Analysis of To Bless And To Guide
Your brightness, your smile
changed my life
As your spirit
recharged my heart
With the strength of
your father and mothers’ love
Only great things
your life will impart
Listen to that voice
above all others
The one that calls
from inside
And marry your will
unto your heart
All heaven to bless
—and to guide
(Lansdale Pennsylvania: April, 2013) To My Granddaughter Parker On Her Christening
| Scheme | XX XA BB XA XX XC XA XC X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011 111 1110 0111 1011 1100101 1011 11101 10111 01110 0111 101 01011 1011 11011 011 10101011101010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 396 |
| Words | 67 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 35 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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