Analysis of God Help Me.
God Help Me
God when I am lonely
Help me find companionship
When I am angry and bitter
Help me find forgiveness
When I am not thinking
Help me find inspiration
When my world is confused
Help me find contentment
And in this my hour of deepest darkness
God Help me find you
| Scheme | A AXXBXXXXBX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111 111110 111010 11110010 111010 111110 111010 111101 111010 00111011010 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 272 |
| Words | 54 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 10 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 110 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
About this poem
Wrote this for a close friend many years ago after losing his wife at a young age.
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