Analysis of The Ninety-first
I have safe haven
Sheltering Wing
Always tending
Everything.
Plague or poison
Tooth or claw
Schemed oppression
All He saw.
Abiding only
Praying too
My Protector
Sees me through.
(Now read Psalm 91)
| Scheme | ABBBACACXDXD X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110 1001 110 10 1110 111 1010 111 01010 101 1010 111 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 199 |
| Words | 38 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 12 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 80 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Written on January 09, 2023
Submitted by dougb.72572 on January 09, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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