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 |
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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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