Analysis of A Meditation



God has created me to do Him some definite service. He has committed some work
to me which He has not committed to another I am a link in a chain, a bond of connection
between persons. He has not created me for naught. I shall do good.
I shall do His work.


Scheme ABCA
Poetic Form
Metre 1101011111100101101011 11111101010101101001011010 01101110101111111 11111
Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 261
Words 55
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 50
Words per line (avg) 13
Letters per stanza (avg) 198
Words per stanza (avg) 53
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 25, 2023

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John Henry Newman

 · 1801 · London
 · 1890 · Edgbaston

Blessed John Henry Newman CO, also referred to as Cardinal Newman, was an important figure in the religious history of England in the 19th century. more…

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