Analysis of Come to the table



Come to the table.
Wash your feet.
The road has been long.
You are weary from your travel.

The table is set.
Come and sit with me.
My child, you can rest.
You have been set free.
Enjoy this heavenly jubilee.  


Scheme AXXA XBXBB
Poetic Form
Metre 11010 111 01111 11101110 01011 10111 11111 11111 01110010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 212
Words 50
Sentences 10
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 5
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 79
Words per stanza (avg) 21
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Written on April 06, 2023

Submitted by WENDYMAY on April 06, 2023

Modified on April 19, 2023

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