Analysis of White Cane Lesson
She was on the sidewalk tapping
In the noon hour press for lunch
And I almost missed her passage
My own problems hurt a bunch.
Really just some crude self pity.
As she smiled and carried on
And her age not reaching thirty
Gracious calm I looked upon.
All around a frantic cocktail
But her peace and pace displayed
That this sightless one had boldness
That her lifetime challenge made.
How I yearned to get up curb side
And to grasp her shoulders trim
And to say a word for Jesus
So that she might trust in Him.
There were stories of His kindness
And His ready power to heal.
I was shocked by these my urgings
I was moved by Love’s appeal.
But the light turned green so rudely
And my busy-list took wing.
I could only pray her blessing
As right then I heard her sing.
(Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the Law of Christ.)
Scheme | A B X B C D C D X E F E X G F G F H X H C A A A X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110110 00110111 0111010 1110101 10111110 1110101 00111010 1011101 1010101 1010101 1111110 101101 11111111 0110101 01101110 1111101 10101110 01101011 11111110 1111101 10111110 0110111 11101010 1111101 1111100110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 862 |
Words | 196 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 25 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 26 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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Written on January 04, 2023
Submitted by dougb.72572 on January 04, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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