You Must Be Ready!
Steve Cochrane 1955 (Cape)
Please fortify your hope each day
With scripture in your mind,
It helps to deal with thoughts that stray
To what it hopes to find.
The devil will tempt you with vice
He knows appeals to you.
Temptation from him seems so nice
In what you say and do.
You must be ready for a fight
Against an enemy
Who tempts us all both day and night
And addicted you might be!
Put on the armor God provides
And do not fight alone.
His love for you He never hides
Because you are His own!
About this poem
Temptation
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Written on January 12, 2024
Submitted by stevec.24118 on January 12, 2024
Modified by stevec.24118 on January 12, 2024
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 473 |
Words | 104 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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