Analysis of A Prayer - In The Prospect Of Death.
Robert Burns 1759 (Alloway) – 1796 (Dumfries)
O Thou unknown, Almighty Cause
Of all my hope and fear?
In whose dread presence, ere an hour
Perhaps I must appear!
If I have wander'd in those paths
Of life I ought to shun;
As something, loudly, in my breast,
Remonstrates I have done;
Thou know'st that Thou hast formed me,
With passions wild and strong;
And list'ning to their witching voice
Has often led me wrong.
Where human weakness has come short,
Or frailty stept aside,
Do Thou, All-Good! for such thou art,
In shades of darkness hide.
Where with intention I have err'd,
No other plea I have,
But, Thou art good; and goodness still
Delighteth to forgive.
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC XDXD XXXX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11010101 111101 011101110 011101 11110011 111111 11010011 1111 11111111 110101 01111101 110111 11010111 110101 11111111 011101 11010111 110111 11110101 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 607 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 24, 2023
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