Analysis of Acrostic.
For thee, my son, a mother's earnest prayer
Rises to Heaven each day from heart sincere,
Anxiously seeking what concerns thee most;
Not merely earthly good for thee she prays,
Knowledge, or wealth, or fame, or length of days,
What shall these profit, if the soul be lost.
In this life we find alternate day and night,
Not always darkness, sure not always light;
'Tis well it should be so, we're travellers here,
Home, that "sweet home," the Christian's place of rest,
Rises by faith to view when most distressed:
Oh! this life past - mayst thou find entrance there.
Perplexed, distressed, sick, or by friends betrayed,
Beset with snares, deprived of human aid,
In all thy sorrows whatsoe'er they be,
Go to the Saviour, tell him all thy need,
Entreat his pity, he's a friend indeed;
Lay hold by faith on Him, and he will succor thee.
Oh, do not live for this dull world alone,
When with the Angels thou mayst find a home.
Scheme | AXXBBX CCXDDA EEFGGFXX |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1111010101 10110111101 1001010111 1101011111 1011111111 1111010111 01111100101 11101111 11111111001 111101111 1011111101 1111111101 0101111101 0111011101 01110111 110111111 111010101 111111011101 1111111101 1101011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 922 |
Words | 172 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 8 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 236 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on April 26, 2023
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