Analysis of Contemplative Rosary



Sacred
Stepping stones
To contemplation

Step by step
Into the depths
Of our being
In solitude
And silence

Resting
In His love
Fingering
Our Mother’s beads
A loving awareness
A divine intimacy


Scheme XXX XXAXX AXAXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 10 101 1010 111 0101 11010 010 010 10 011 100 10101 010010 0011000
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 180
Words 32
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 3, 5, 6
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 11
Words per line (avg) 2
Letters per stanza (avg) 53
Words per stanza (avg) 11
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Modified on March 05, 2023

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Liam Ó Comáin

An Irish poet now living in Derry City but originally from Limavady in County Derry in the north of the Island. more…

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