Analysis of The Miracle of Grandchildren



God filled the oceans
And hung the moon and stars
God made the sun to shine
And created Jupiter and Mars
These are all miracles
This is true
But the greatest miracle
That has happened in our life
Our dear Grandchild is
The arrival of you


Scheme ABCBDEFGHE
Poetic Form
Metre 11010 010101 110111 001010001 111100 111 1010100 11100101 10111 001011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 228
Words 46
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 192
Words per stanza (avg) 46
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on April 16, 2023

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