Analysis of Last Prayer
Margie D Scott- Collins 1965 (Wharton)
Now I lay me down to rest
Lord each day I did my best
Now that I’ve died because of society
This new life is always where I wanted to be
I lost my life in my sleep, cause the violence wouldn't seize
I’m grateful to the Lord for giving me peace
At a young age I understood
All God wanted was for me to be good
Like a bird I have found my perch
And no longer do I have to search
For a world with no violence
One with happiness and at times nothing but silence Mom, no more need to cry
For the Lord, has me here by His side
I know you love me and you care
But being saved and with Jesus was my last prayer.
| Scheme | AABBCDEEFFGHIJJ |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111111 1111111 11110110100 11111111011 111101110100101 11010111011 1011101 1110111111 10111111 011011111 10111100 1110001110110111111 101111111 11111011 110101101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 607 |
| Words | 131 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 15 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 466 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 131 |
About this poem
How violence took a child's life, while they slept.
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Written on July 13, 1999
Submitted by dellee6 on March 02, 2023
Modified on April 27, 2023
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