Analysis of Cradle Me With Grace
oh lord
when
grace
cradled me
in
her arms
while
African slaves
bounded for the new world
discovered by
Christopher Columbus
and
one by one
Black men
shackled, chained
and branded
then
devoured
into
the
infested belly of
the
slave ship
named Jesus
| Scheme | abcdefghijklmbnobpqRsRtk |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11 1 1 11 0 01 1 1001 101011 0101 100010 0 111 11 101 010 1 010 01 0 010101 0 11 110 |
| Characters | 228 |
| Words | 43 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 24 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 8 |
| Words per line (avg) | 2 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 203 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
About this poem
We walk by faith and not by sight. I ask the Lord to protect this world and put the shield of faith around us. Lord, we need you now!
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Written on September 03, 2021
Submitted by gregory_g on September 04, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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