Analysis of Claims To Make



Claims to make heard to state,
From those who say they stay...
Prepared for whatever,
God chooses to do.
But refuse to obey a listening to hear,
Messages sent.
With opened eyes yet with closed ears.
Refusing clear messages that appear.

To then wonder why,
In visits or calls made to ministers...
Priests, and Bible readers quoting,
From scriptures learned to repeat.
What difference to them does it make,
If they pray to God,
But God does not answer their prayers.

'God works in mysterious ways.'

'This I know.
But how mysterious,
Can the ways of God be?
When I pray that my wants and needs,
Be directly sent to me?'

'Perhaps what you think,
Are wants to need.
God has repeatedly sent you,
Who you needed...
To listen.
With your undivided attention given!'

'What sense does that make?'

'To me?
None.
My wants and needs to have them given.
Could be different than yours to receive!'

'What are you saying?'

'Many pray not to listen.
Or ask of God,
What it is they most need to learn!


Scheme XXXAXXXX XXBXCDX X XXEXE XXAXFF C EFFX B FDX
Poetic Form
Metre 111111 111111 01110 11011 101101010011 1001 11011111 0101100101 11101 0101111100 10101010 1101101 110011111 11111 11111011 11001001 111 110100 101111 11111101 1010111 01111 1111 11010011 1110 110 1101001010 11111 11 1 110111110 1110011101 11110 1011110 1111 11111111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 946
Words 184
Sentences 24
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 8, 7, 1, 5, 6, 1, 4, 1, 3
Lines Amount 36
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 83
Words per stanza (avg) 20
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Submitted by lpahtillah on September 05, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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