Analysis of A Prayer For England.
Eric Mackay 1835 – 1898
Ah, fair Lord God of Heaven, to whom we call, -
By whom we live, - on whom our hopes are built, -
Do Thou, from year to year, e'en as Thou wilt,
Control the Realm, but suffer not to fall
Its ancient faith, its grandeur, and its thrall!
Do Thou preserve it, in the hours of guilt,
When foemen thirst for blood that should be spilt,
And keep it strong when traitors would appal.
Uphold us still, O God! and be the screen
And sword and buckler of our England's might,
That foemen's wiles, and woes which intervene,
May fade away, as fades a winter's night.
Thine ears have heard us, and Thine eyes have seen.
Wilt Thou not help us, Lord! to find the Light?
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111101111 11111110111 11111111111 0101110111 1101101011 11011001011 111111111 011111011 0111110101 010100110101 11101101 1101110101 1111101111 1111111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 640 |
| Words | 127 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 492 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 127 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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