This is an analysis of The Two Prayers by Dora Sigerson Shorter.
Lord! when they came and stood upon my way,
With 'One is dead,' I paused awhile to pray,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccaaddeXffaagg aahheX
- Stanza lengths: 18,6,
- Metre: 1111110111 0101110101 0111011101 1001111101 1111010011 0111111111 1101011101 0111110101 1101111101 1101111101 1111111111 1111111101 1111010011 1101110101 0101111101 1111100101 11111101010 11010101110 1101110111 1001100111 1001010101 1111111101 1111110101 1111111101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
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