Analysis of Morning Prayer
Ogden Nash 1902 (Rye, New York) – 1971 (Baltimore)
Now another day is breaking,
Sleep was sweet and so is waking.
Dear Lord, I promised you last night
Never again to sulk or fight.
Such vows are easier to keep
When a child is sound asleep.
Today, O Lord, for your dear sake,
I'll try to keep them when awake.
| Scheme | AABBCCDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10101110 11101110 11110111 10011111 11110011 1011101 01111111 11111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 250 |
| Words | 51 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 197 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
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