Analysis of Can You Understand
My dear friends
Can you not see
‘Tis because of my Trials
That I am me
Do not think
I was dealt a bad hand
For if you think that
You don’t understand
My Jesus is with me
And if I should die
I would in no way
Question Him ‘Why?’
We came to earth
For so many a test
I just hope I passed
With those others who rest
I know that my Jesus
Is the Christ
And we can be with Him
If we but choose the right!
| Scheme | ABCBDEFEBGHGIJKJLMNO |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (50%) Etheree (35%) |
| Metre | 111 1111 1011110 1111 111 111011 11111 1101 110111 01111 11011 1011 1111 111001 11111 111011 111110 101 011111 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 386 |
| Words | 91 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 20 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 302 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 90 |
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Submitted on April 17, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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