Analysis of The dreaded “C” word
I don't think much of what I have just heard
for they have mentioned that awful “C” word!
How dare they talk about cancer to me
and then refer to a lumpectomy.
“How is it that the cancer word” I said,
“provokes in me so much fear and dread? ”
For this thing so harmful and malignant
on the scan looked so insignificant.
They’ve got it all wrong. You just wait and see.
Both of my wife’s breasts look alright to me.
No need for surgeons to have their way.
Just leave them alone, it will go away.
Hold on a minute! What if they are right!
I would be foolish to put up a fight
and just ignore all their concern and care
pretending that it’s not really there.
Oh dreaded cancer invading my wife.
Why don’t you go and get out of our life?
You’re causing us such havoc and distress
but you’ll not spoil her beauty or loveliness.
Seeking to mutilate, maim or to kill,
you’ll not destroy our resolve or our will.
We’ll rise above the challenges you bring
as together we praise our God and sing.
Praise Him for the National Health Service
for their diligence and their faithfulness.
For all of the doctors, nurses and staff
that have laboured so hard on our behalf.
Praise God for the early diagnosis
and for the swiftness of the prognosis.
Praise Him for the concern people have shown.
That He is with us and we’re not alone.
We will trust Him for all that is to come
and rely upon Him for the outcome.
For He is Sovereign and His will is best.
Our mind is at peace and our heart’s at rest.
Scheme | AABB CCDD BBEE FFGG HHII JJKK LIMM LLNN OOPP |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1111111111 1111011011 1111011011 010110100 1111010111 010111101 1111100010 101110100 1111111101 111111111 111101111 1110111101 1101011111 1111011101 0101110101 010111101 1101001011 11110111101 1101110001 111101011 101101111 110110011101 1101010011 10101110101 1110100110 11100011 1110101001 1111111001 111010010 0101010010 1110011011 1111100101 1111111111 001011101 1111001111 101111010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,514 |
Words | 286 |
Sentences | 25 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 128 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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