This is an analysis of A Prayer For A Mother's Birthday by Henry Van Dyke.
Lord Jesus, Thou hast known
A mother's love and tender care:…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cccc dcdc eXeX fafaXdada
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 110111 01011101 11111111 1011110111 010111 11010101 11110101 01001011101 110101 10111011 11011111 1101110101 0100101 11001101 01011110 0101111101 110101 110111 11111101 1101100101 110111 110111110 11111101 01011001110
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
life, her
