Analysis of We Are Royals Today
Ronald Bunch 1982 (Grand Rapids)
Crossroads, open meadows and streams,
Up, and reaching a taste of God.
Simple drops of dew mercy crowns
Misery on the downs.
Down, simple laughing daffodils
Mocking passers-by
With screaming meadows and
Tears flying by.
To love that well
Which thou hangs eternal life
Is to walk the road of Jesus Christ
Among the crossroads of earthly strife.
Oh holy and freed
On the cross He did bleed.
No more shame and guilt,
We are now a flower that won’t wilt.
But in the misery of life,
We will find strife.
Hang on to that well which did bleed
For in Him we are freed.
No matter your toils,
No matter what boils,
Hold on to Jesus Christ who never spoils,
For in Him we are royals.
| Scheme | XXAA XBXB XCXC DDEE CCDD FFFX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 110101 10100111 10111101 100101 1101010 10101 11010 1101 1111 1110101 111011101 01011101 11001 101111 11101 111010111 10010011 1111 11111111 101111 11011 11011 1111011101 1011110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 679 |
| Words | 146 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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This Poem is from: I Am A Man As I Should Be: Poem Book 1, on amazon, It’s formatted in Kindle, large print, audio, hardcover, and paperback.
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