Analysis of Grace



Inside of me, you died
For the years I cried
For the things you said
You died a horrid death
I could commit the crime
Suspended in that time
But since I prayed
I've found a grace
It seemed to find its core
In the deepness of my all
So very strange to me
Before I bent my knees
I cannot grasp the range
The scope of this great change
Except in me you live
And-I'm willing to forgive


Scheme AABCDDEFGHIJKKLM
Poetic Form
Metre 011111 10111 10111 110101 110101 010011 1111 1101 111111 001111 110111 011111 110101 011111 010111 0110101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 366
Words 79
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 299
Words per stanza (avg) 79
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Desiree Brooks

I am a nurse and a mother of three grown children. I have been writing poetry since I was a teenager. I love expressing myself on paper. I am a pastor's wife. We pastor a small church in Media, Pa. We are presently debating with a group of people on U-Tube who say that the world will end on May 21, 2011. Our U-Tube channel is, pastorBillandDesi more…

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