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Be My True Appetite

Zack Slaughter 1953 (Oxford, NC)

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Fill me thoroughly with Heaven's bread and Water of Life -

That the brim of my heart may thus with it, o'erflow.

Only with the goodness and purity of such I be so rife -

Ever so much with godly delight and desires I grow!

             

About this poem

This particular poetic expression invokes both the reader and it's composer to regard and esteem a particular and significant spiritual appetite towards the Word of God, known specifically as the scriptures or the Bible.

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Written on August 16, 2013

Submitted by zackslaughtet on March 26, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme A X A X
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 239
Words 51
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1
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Having written as a poet for over a decade, I have composed at least 4000 poetic writs and expressions. They have become much much an avocation and devotion of this poet's. more…

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