This is an analysis of A Prayer by Nicholas Breton.

Oh, with thy grace my heart inspire,
To bring forth fruites of thy desire.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXbbccddeebbXfXXXdbbaaXXXXXXffggfXffhhaa
  • Stanza lengths: 44,
  • Metre: 10111101 0111001010 11110100 1111010 10111101 1011111 11110101 11111101 11111111 110100111 11111011 1111011 11111101 11110111 11110111 11011111 111001 11011100 11111110 11000101 111111010 0111001 11011011 11111011 1111100100 110001100 11110111 110101001 01101010 010101010 11011101 1111111 101001010 1111010010 0111111 011101011 01111111 11101110 11111111 1110101 11010111 11011101 1111001 1111101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 44

Repeated words/phrases

thy, in, my