Analysis of I Held My Breath
One day, the view was so wonderous... I held my breath.
The sun was big and looked so round.
I thought I could see where sky touched ground just a little
better that day... I sighed and my breath
caught in my chest...
no man could do this... it was what God did best.
He must have been having a good day Himself
and didn't want to wait... not put it on a shelf.
God let the world know that He was near,
by putting it out there to be seen...
a sky that was clear.
That day... I held my breath
'til a cloud could be seen.
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Metre | 11011111111 01110111 1111111111010 101111011 1011 11111111111 11111001101 010111111101 110111111 110111111 01111 111111 101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 507 |
Words | 108 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 13 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 381 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 108 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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