Analysis of OBJECTS IN THE MIRROR...



OBJECTS IN THE MIRROR..

You go about your way as always before
Your past rushes so fast you can't ignore
That feeling of defeat dragging you down
Looking on life's mirror without a sound

You keep pushing the past so far away
But your demons haunt you anyway
You know those objects in the mirror…
…They'r so much closer than they appear

You look in the past, filled with such shame
So your mind says “let's lay a little game”
Put some miles between you and your deeds
Looking in the mirror you're watering seeds

You can try to outrun your darkened past
Looking back you think its gonna last
You know those objects in the mirror…
…They'r so much closer than they appear

On you run your lost Faith in the Son
That hope you had’s been all but undone
Remember the peace the Cross gave you
Look in the Mirror, that peace is still true

You think that Cross is so far behind
God's Spirit hastens to remind
You know those objects in the mirror…
…They'r so much closer than they appear

Without looking you turn around
To face the Cross, Salvation found
Fall to your knees, praise His Name
Of the One who redeems your shame

So cruise ahead, this road holds no fear
The sun is shining, the way is clear
And why don't you throw out you mirror
In the Cross, your sins don't appear
Amen


Scheme a bbxc ddAE ffgg hhAE iijj kkAE ccff eeaex
Poetic Form
Metre 100010 1101111101 1110111101 1101011011 1011100101 1110011101 11101110 111100010 1111101101 110011111 1111110101 111011011 10001011001 1111011101 101111101 111100010 1111101101 111111001 111111101 010010111 1001011111 111111101 11010101 111100010 1111101101 01101101 11010101 1111111 10110111 110111111 011100111 011111110 00111101 01
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,300
Words 252
Sentences 2
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5
Lines Amount 34
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 111
Words per stanza (avg) 27

About this poem

For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.” By calling this covenant “new,” he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear. Hebrews 8:12-13

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Written on April 12, 2024

Submitted by crucifiedinhim2 on April 12, 2024

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