This is an analysis of Wedding Prayer by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Lord, behold our family here assembled.
We thank you for this place in which we dwell,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXXXabXX
  • Stanza lengths: 9,
  • Metre: 10111001010 1111010111 1011011 101010101 10101101010 1010101 10111111010 111011001 01
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 9

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