Analysis of For Ben
Do not cry, nor fear for one
Passed beyond this life.
They've left this world and passed beyond
The torment, pain and strife.
They've found themselves caught up again
In Father's loving arms.
He'll keep them close in his embrace
Apart from toil and harm.
It's hard for us, those left behind,
Caught up in woe and grief;
We have work here on this earth
Before we find relief.
Remember those past on before
To heaven's grand mansion;
For when we die, we meet again
A joyous reunion!
© Criss F. Rosenlof 5/30/2011
-I wrote this poem when we lost our second grandchild to hemorrhagic pneumonia at the age of 3 days old.
Scheme | ABXB CXXX XDXD XACA BX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111 10111 11110101 01101 11011101 010101 11110101 011101 11111101 110101 1111111 011101 01011101 110110 11111101 010010 111 11110111101011010010101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 627 |
Words | 118 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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