Analysis of Has Church Become Rotary Club. Book Club? Bargain Store?



I have chafed at foolishness

And games played at the Church

Team spirit gone right o'er the top

And DVD's and "merch".

Stirred up with empowerment

And battle songs each time

Where the tender, broken-hearted

Saints who seek to climb.

But climb into Christ -likeness

With lowly stance and aid

Wearing garb of uprightness

Just step back please

From pep rallies

And grab hold of His Yoke

And Pastor give some warnings here

To Holy Life invoke.


Scheme A B X B X C X C A X A D D E X E
Poetic Form
Metre 1111100 011101 110111001 0101 1110100 010111 10101010 11111 1101110 110101 10111 1111 1110 011111 01011101 110101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 479
Words 98
Sentences 4
Stanzas 16
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 22
Words per stanza (avg) 5
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Written on March 13, 2023

Submitted by dougb.19255 on March 13, 2023

Modified by dougb.19255 on March 13, 2023

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Wayne Blair

Born in London. Graduated law 1976 Practised eleven years, Married Hilary 1974 Two kids Lauren 1980 And Jordan 1987. Business failed 1987. Moved not knowing whither. Happy hills of Waterloo Region. Mennonite Country. Thirty four years in Industry. No complaints. Poet, photographer, nature hiker. Harmonica busker. http://puffnchord7.blogspot.com/ more…

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