Analysis of Who Am I
Who Am I
Who am I that God should love me
And be punished in my stead?
How could the Great Creator
By the created be led
Up a rugged hill so lonely
To the cross of Calvary
And accept that brutal hatred
Just to set a sinner free?
Oh, the Love that flowed so freely
Was a bright and crimson red;
And it held the life of Jesus
And of those who glibly said,
“Come on down and we’ll believe You!”
After nails had pierced His hands;
But it also held provision for
Every soul in every land!
Like a speck of minute dust upon
The microscope of space
Is my life ~ a mere reflection
Is my influence and place;
Yet, I wonder, (how I wonder!)
At the gift He gave, so high;
And I pledge my deep devotion
As I question, “Who Am I?”
©Joan Clifton Costner
Joan is a Heavenly Inspirations author.
Psm. 8:4
Who Am I
Who am I that God should love me
And be punished in my stead?
How could the Great Creator
By the created be led
Up a rugged hill so lonely
To the cross of Calvary
And accept that brutal hatred
Just to set a sinner free?
Oh, the Love that flowed so freely
Was a bright and crimson red;
And it held the life of Jesus
And of those who glibly said,
“Come on down and we’ll believe You!”
After nails had pierced His hands;
But it also held provision for
Every soul in every land!
Like a speck of minute dust upon
The microscope of space
Is my life ~ a mere reflection
Is my influence and place;
Yet, I wonder, (how I wonder!)
At the gift He gave, so high;
And I pledge my deep devotion
As I question, “Who Am I?”
©Joan Clifton Costner
Joan is a Heavenly Inspirations author.
Psm. 8:4
Scheme | A BCDCBBEB BCFCGHIJ KLMLDAMA DDB ABCDCBBEB BCFCGHIJ KLMLDAMA DDB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111 11111111 0110011 1101010 1001011 10101110 1011100 00111010 1110101 10111110 1010101 01101110 0111101 11101011 1011111 111010101 100101001 101110101 01011 11101010 1110001 11101110 1011111 01111010 1110111 11010 11010001010 1 111 11111111 0110011 1101010 1001011 10101110 1011100 00111010 1110101 10111110 1010101 01101110 0111101 11101011 1011111 111010101 100101001 101110101 01011 11101010 1110001 11101110 1011111 01111010 1110111 11010 11010001010 1 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,577 |
Words | 324 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 8, 8, 8, 3, 9, 8, 8, 3 |
Lines Amount | 56 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 134 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Written on 1990
Submitted on June 29, 2021
Modified on May 02, 2023
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