Analysis of Straight and Narrow
O LORD I pray teach me Your way
And help me to do it everyday
Help me to walk along with You
And get to see all that You do
I want to bring my friends along
And help them all to grow really strong
And let me bring my children too
So, they can learn to walk with You
O LORD I pray teach me Your way
And never let me go astray
| Scheme | Aa bb cc bb Aa |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Couplet |
| Metre | 11111111 011111101 11110111 01111111 11111101 011111101 01111101 11111111 11111111 01011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 328 |
| Words | 78 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 50 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Written on December 07, 2010
Submitted by dawg4jesus on September 30, 2022
Modified on April 18, 2023
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