Analysis of Faith
Faith
an evolution from inside out
a conviction that lingers about
while we wean; while we learn
while we rend; while we mend
from the liquidity of milk to the solidity of meat
from the hardness of meat to the rockiness of bone
a substance so weighed, over and all over again
from light to heavy weight, yet the sources remain
once little now large, so strong you got a badge
when expectation is felt; and anticipation is smelt
only in the minds we act without edge, without tact
only upon a mission; the sure footpath of a vision
while we run in the doing; and bask in the knowing
showing forth evidence that surrounds the birth
of the expected; the respected;
of the esteemed; the treasured
works born from instruction; the fruits of conviction
add a little salt of passion; the marvel behind the vision
but its grows and it keeps growing; bigger and better
and cherish and sweeter
a sparkle of surprise from the finger of God
a miracle of wonder from the Lord of lords
yet without which seems a falter
unable to meet Him at the alter
to move his mighty hands
to put you in a firm stand
faith without works is dead
but with it and action is bread
without guts it's unthinkable to press forth
without faith it's impossible to please God!
David Justin Abraham © 2014
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1 10101011 001011001 111111 111111 1001001110010011 10101110111 0101110011001 111101101001 11011111101 1010110001011 1000111011011 10010100111010 1110010010010 10110010101 100100010 1001010 111010011010 1010111001001010 1110111010010 010010 010101101011 010011010111 10111010 0101111010 111101 1110011 101111 11101011 01110100111 01110100111 101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,236 |
Words | 234 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 11, 10, 10, 1 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 254 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 59 |
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Submitted on August 21, 2014
Modified on March 22, 2023
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