Analysis of Wonder
For failure I was well equipped
And should have come to grief,
By atavism grimly gripped,
A fool beyond belief.
But lo! the Lord was good to me,
And with a heart to sing,
He gave me to a rare degree
The Gift of Wondering.
I could not play a stalwart part
My shoddy soul to save,
And should have gone with broken heart
A begger to the grave;
But praise to my anointed sight
As wandering I went,
I sang of living with delight
In terms of Wonderment.
Aye, starry-eyed did I rejoice
With marvel of a child,
And there were those who heard my voice
Although my words were wild:
So as I go my wistful way,
With worship let me sing,
A treasure to my farewell day
God's Gift of Wondering.
Scheme | ABABCDCD EFEFGXGX HIHIJDJD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011101 011111 11000101 010101 11011111 010111 11110101 011100 11110101 110111 01111101 01101 11110101 110011 11110101 011100 11011101 110101 01011111 11101 11111101 110111 0101111 111100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 755 |
Words | 136 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 176 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 19, 2023
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