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


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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

1:37 min read
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Roberta Joan Costner - pen name Joan Clifton Costner

Joan Clifton Costner, an American poet and author of The Broken Harp, Hope, God's Christmas Gift spent her life writing for Jesus and His teachings. Born in 1934 she has seen enough of man's ways to cling the more to God. more…

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