Analysis of Tested Faith
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Under cloudy skies.
Turbulent waters.
And vicious blowing winds.
With a keeping this test of one's faith,
Not an easy task...
To face these unwelcome challenges.
Living through one as another begins.
Yet miraculously within,
Those remaining devoted and faithful...
To having an outlook,
Positive to keep kept that way.
Knowing it is not about the weather outside.
But what they decide in their minds to reside.
With a nourishing to encourage,
The flourishing of it!
Under cloudy skies.
Turbulent waters.
And the viciousness of blowing winds.
Leaving the effect of this,
Allowing the feeling of being neglected.
And often it seems,
No matter what the weather is to be to come...
Always there will be heard from someone,
Faith to keep these tumultuous days...
Is not enough to keep anyone happy.
Even if they wanted to choose,
That way to live.
Since it is their bills to pay.
And creditors owed.
That will not allow them to stay,
Faithfully happy.
Regardless of what they do to pray,
Done to realize after they open their eyes.
Just how negative everything around them is!
And any attempt to avoid it,
Is impossible to notice...
Even the Sun whenever it shines!
Yet they are the ones claiming to be of faith!
'Lift every voice and sing,
We shall overcome.
Lift every voice and sing,
We shall overcome what's done!
Lift every voice and sing.'
'Uh...
What key is that in?'
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10101 10010 010101 101011111 11101 111010100 1011101001 10100001 1010010010 11011 10011111 101110101011 1111011101 101001010 010011 10101 10010 001001101 1000111 010010110010 01011 110101011111 1111111 11111001 1101111010 10111011 1111 1111111 01001 11101111 10010 010111111 11101011011 11100100111 010011011 10100110 100101011 11101101111 1100101 1110 1100101 111011 1100101 1 11110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,375 |
Words | 289 |
Sentences | 33 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 8, 5, 11, 7, 5, 2 |
Lines Amount | 45 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 153 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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