Analysis of A Candle and a Prayer for Joyce
I’ve watched you suffer, my sister - wanting to let go
To be with our Savior and Father – and I know
You’ve sorted through all the years that have passed
Asking questions and praying that this wouldn’t last -
Through it all you’ve been strong,
With your faith shining bright -
So I pray that your prayers are answered tonight.
Refrain:
I lit a candle for you, sister, in the darkness tonight
And prayed God to take you by dawn’s first light
To end all your struggling - to give you rest
But most of all - did I tell you the best?
It’s to walk with our Savior And Father of Love
Dear Jesus, You know that I don’t understand
How one moment we’re talking and holding hands...
It happened so quickly - it seems so unreal
I don’t know what I expected -
I don’t know what to feel...
But I know that I trust You more than ever before
To take her home gently - she stands at Your door.
Repeat Refrain
Spirit lift her up
Spirit take her home
Jesus take her burden
She’s one of your own.
Scheme | AABBXCC DCCEEX XXFXFGGD XXXX |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (24%) |
Metre | 1111011010111 1111010010011 1101101111 10100101111 111111 111101 11111111001 01 110101110001001 0111111111 11111001111 1111111101 1111101001011 1101111101 11100100101 11011011101 11111010 111111 1111111111001 11011011111 0101 10101 10101 101010 11111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,030 |
Words | 219 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 6, 8, 4 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 187 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
About this poem
Inspired by a dear friend's last days
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