Analysis of Praise the Lord



For everything, O Lord, I praise
After my troubled day replete with weakness,
You send me evening’s dawning rays
The vastness of the far away and meekness

Although by loneliness indwelt,
I still behold the sunset spread its glitter
The Evening Star - therein it melts
And like a precious stone - therein it jitters

My lasting thought I’ll never rue:
My gratitude for life is unabating
And when in solitude I’m contemplating
I’m deaf to all, but speak with you!


Scheme AXAA XXXX BCCB
Poetic Form Quatrain  (67%)
Metre 1101111 10110101110 11110101 0101010101 111001 1101011110 01010111 01010101110 11011101 1101111 010101100 11111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 475
Words 91
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 122
Words per stanza (avg) 27

About this poem

Things will get better - hold on and be grateful for what you have! "Praise the Lord" is Ivan Bunin's poem translated by me into English.

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Written on February 08, 2023

Submitted by bennyredpilled on February 08, 2023

Modified on April 04, 2023

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