Analysis of The Bachelor
In a world of insecurity, in a world of disbelief
In a world of mounting tension, nigh impossible to find relief;
In a world of vast proportions, where we can easily fade from sight
God gave Eve a gift of love, a beacon in the night;
Cast from a home of worth and joy, where man was first beguiled
A blessed crying, slobbering gift, God gave Eve a child;
When we tend to feel smug, self-satisfied complete
Our lives in perfect sweet control, our paths beneath our feet;
Surveying others with disdain, storm tossed, withered, wild
Do not forget that someday soon, you may just have a child!
Still my doctrine is my safeguard, on it I will rely
No bundle of joy upon my step, of which to make me sigh;
For ‘ere such burden be given me, and cause me so much strife
Before my peace in this life ends, I first must have a wife!
Scheme | AA BB CC DD CC EE FF |
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Poetic Form | Couplet |
Metre | 00110100001101 00111010101001101 00111010111100111 1110111010001 11011101111101 0110100111101 11111111001 10100110110101101 0101010111101 1101111111101 1110111111101 110110111111111 111101101011111 01110111111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 830 |
Words | 170 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 46 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
About this poem
Thoughts I had in college while observing a mother having to tend to her child during church
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