This is an analysis of After Prayers, Lie Cold by Clive Staples Lewis.

Arise my body, my small body, we have striven
Enough, and He is merciful; we are forgiven.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddXXccee
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0111011101110 0111010011010 011101011111 110110011111 010111011101 100111000101 0111100101 101101011101 100101110100 111101001100 011101011101 0100110100100 110101010101 101101001111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

and, body