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Promise

Christine Cassello 1946 (Chicago, IL)

Acrostic
Man's Desires                      What God Desires to Give Man

Prosperity                              Patience
Riches                                     Revelation
Overflow                                Order
Money                                    Meaning
Interest                                   Integrity
Saturation                              Salvation
Endlessness                           Eternity

About this poem

This is a double acrostic of the word Promise, one showing what men want in life and the other what God wants to give us.

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Submitted by cassello3 on June 24, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X XAXXBAB
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 404
Words 22
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 1, 7
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Christine Cassello

Christine Cassello was born in Chicago, IL on February 14, 1946. She still lives in the neighborhood she grew up in, at the border of South Shore and South Chicago. She has written since early childhood, but THE HUNTER AND THE DEER is her first eBook. It is a collection of stories told in rhyme. Her second book THE SALTY PRINCE contains more story poems. Tyler and the Atomic Cold is her first picture book. Christine is a member of Labor Of Love Apostolic Church. more…

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