Analysis of Amen.
Heather Lydia Thornhill 1981 (Manchester)
I prayed for hours
Because I shared Gods will
We understood it was time until
My eyes drew to a close and still
and my mind fell loose
And my thoughts turned to pain
From life's abuse
But instead of dismay
And curses and hate
I leaned on the heart of an angel in my gate
And fast I did sleep for days and days
The moral you see is that only love pays.
| Scheme | ABBBCDCEFFGG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110 011111 10111101 11110101 01111 011111 1101 101101 01001 111011110011 011111101 01011111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 352 |
| Words | 75 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 276 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 74 |
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Written on August 22, 2022
Submitted by HeatherLydiaThornhill on August 22, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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