Analysis of The waters of Life
Parched am I oh Lord
and my soul cracked
as the dry river bed
crying for a summers rain
Quench this thirst Father
that my cup may run over
filling the souls depths
that the fruits of the Spirit
may ever flourish on the banks thereof
| Scheme | XXXX AAXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111 0111 101101 1010101 11110 1111110 10011 1011010 110101011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 226 |
| Words | 46 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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