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
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

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Thoughts I had in college while observing a mother having to tend to her child during church

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