Analysis of Distant praying
Heather Lydia Thornhill 1981 (Manchester)
In the distance
I hear you praying
Where my mind
Is softly laying
You whisper peace
And will of love
I send you dreams
Of flying doves
| Scheme | ABCBDEFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0010 11110 111 11010 1101 0111 1111 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 134 |
| Words | 27 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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