Analysis of Humbly I Pray
Tonight through the darkness,
I wander and crawl
The faces all ghoulish,
my past to recall
Unsure of direction,
I listen for sounds
To possibly guide me,
as fire abounds
I look to my left,
as hooves thunder past
I look to my right,
and Beelzebub laughs
All color has gone,
just the fieriest red
I live out my fear,
I live out my dread
One hope then to muster,
that faith remains true
And guides me inclement,
past demons anew
My despair almost total,
my regret full in charge
I squint through the smoke,
“there’s new light from afar”
I plod on my knees,
as it grows bigger still
And the temperature drops,
and the moment refills
Now free of damnation,
my life starts again
With sacred commitment,
forgiven of sin
My tomorrows all cherished,
I live for today
Belief my true savior
—as humbly I pray
(West Philadelphia: May, 2019)
Scheme | XA XA BC XC XX XX XD XD EF GF XX XX XX XX BX GX XH EH H |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011010 11001 010110 1111 011010 11011 110011 11001 11111 11101 11111 011 11011 1011 11111 11111 111110 11011 011010 11001 101110 101101 11101 111101 11111 111101 001001 001001 111010 11101 110010 01011 101110 11101 011110 11011 101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 838 |
Words | 152 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 19 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 37 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 34 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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