Analysis of An Angel Sings
Not connected
end to end
each prayer
stands alone
The beginning, middle,
end of each
unleashed, untethered,
homage shown
But when
they find each other
in a prescience
most sublime
An Angel sings
their wedding vows
with Heaven’s light
—to shine
(The 1st Book Of Prayers: September, 2023)
| Scheme | AXXB XXAB XCXX XXXX C |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010 111 11 101 001010 111 011 101 11 11110 00100 101 1101 1101 1101 11 01111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 294 |
| Words | 54 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 46 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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