Analysis of Child
What child am I to ponder this dark side?
Sitting in the pew hiding from his face
Wondering what I may see if I tried
My soul that is trapped in a state of grace
I tell myself.. to suppress my guilt felt
But his love is not abounded in one place
His mercy rings out as the angels belt
The beautiful melody heard in space
That will relieve the stress that makes me melt
Into a puddle of tears, but God’s race
On Earth where all living things he has dealt
Experiences his unchanging grace
What child am I to ponder our dark side?
When God’s love will be eternally wide…
| Scheme | A B A B C B C B C B C B A A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111110111 1000110111 1001111111 1111100111 111101111 11111010011 1101110101 0100100101 1101011111 0101011111 1111101111 0100010101 11111101011 1111101001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 597 |
| Words | 135 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 14 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 32 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
About this poem
It’s about our ability to be able to forgive ourselves even when we make mistakes or bad decisions. We are all human at the end of the day.
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