Analysis of Redeeming Feature



In whatever befalls every creature,
Resides a redeeming feature.
In sorrow scarcely seen,
With hindsight if you are keen.

In every misfortune is this design,
Sweet realization if to it you resign.
Hence accept both joy and pain,
This solace to attain.

Since joy with pain alternates,
A common strand in each hibernates,
An ever revolving interface,
Presenting each with periodic pace.

Why when we miss the good we pursue,
Do despondency and desperation ensue?
The untied nuptial knot,
Could bind a life of conjugal rot.

If life has broken beyond repair,
If from frustrated hopes you despair,
If from painful wrongs you're pining,
Soothe it, seek the silver lining.


Scheme AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH IIJJ
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 0100110010 01001010 010101 111111 01000101101 11010111101 1011101 110101 111110 0101011 11001010 010110101 111101101 10100001001 001101 110111001 111100101 11101101 11101110 11101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 645
Words 110
Sentences 8
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 107
Words per stanza (avg) 22
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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