This is an analysis of Love's Prayer by John Hay.
If Heaven would hear my prayer,
My dearest wish would be,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: AbabA cdcdc efefe gbgbg hghgh
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,5,
- Metre: 0101111 110110 110101 110111 0101111 110111 1100111 011101 0101101 100111 1111110 111101 0101110 111101 0111110 111101 110111 011101 111110 111111 111111 101111 111111 111101 111111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 25
