Analysis of We Shall Pray To The Same God



We shall pray to the same God, hand in hand,
In unity, we'll tread on this sacred land,
For under the vast sky, beneath the sun's rod,
We find our common faith in the same God.

Though our paths may differ, our hearts aligned,
In our prayers, our hopes and dreams combined,
With reverence in our souls, love to applaud,
We'll come together, praying to the same God.

In different tongues, our praises may rise,
Yet our beliefs connect us, to our surprise,
In the tapestry of humanity, we'll applaud,
Our shared devotion to the same God.

With humility and grace, we bow our heads,
Seeking guidance from the One who spreads,
Compassion and love, on this earthly sod,
In our prayers to the same God.

Religious threads woven through our story,
We'll honor the divine in all its glory,
In this unity, we'll find a common nod,
As together, we pray to the same God.

So let our faiths bring us close, not apart,
For we're all threads in the tapestry of heart,
In this world, beneath the same celestial awed,
Together, we pray to the same God.


Scheme AABB CCDB EEDB FFBB GGBB HHDB
Poetic Form Quatrain  (50%)
Metre 1111011101 01001111101 11001101011 11101010011 110111010101 01011010101 110001011101 11010101011 01001101011 1100101111001 0010010100101 1010101011 101000111101 101010111 0100111101 01011011 01011011010 11000101110 01100110101 1010111011 11101111101 11110010011 01101010101 010111011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,037
Words 217
Sentences 6
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 133
Words per stanza (avg) 32
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Written on October 26, 2023

Submitted by ggolden9 on October 27, 2023

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