Analysis of Far from perfect fully protected



There once was a time that I spent my life,
In constant pursuit of sin and strife,
I wasted many days and most of my nights,
Drinking and partying and getting in fights,

I realized one day this is a fight I cannot win,
Not one more day do I want to begin,
Begin with a headache or memory lost,
Why am I here knowing the price it has cost,

The troubles that come from a life so spent,
Include the fact that 3 times to prison I went,
You would hope I had learned from freedom taken,
Yet even then I refused to awaken,

If we live to 100, life is too soon done,
It is a truth from which you cannot run,
Death is coming and it won't be long,
There is peace  in knowing to whom you belong,

You may choose not to belive that Jesus saves,
It will not change that we will all find graves,
Some day we will see the truth of it all,
I pray before then upon Jesus you will call.

I am just a man and far from perfection,
The one thing I have is Christ's protection,
Eternity is forever and it does not end,
Only you can choose where eternity you spend.


Scheme AABB CCXX DDEE EEFF GGHH EEII
Poetic Form Quatrain  (83%)
Metre 1110111111 010011101 11010101111 10010001001 1101111011101 1111111101 0110111001 11111001111 0101110111 01011111011 11111111010 11011011010 111111111 1101111101 111001111 11101011101 1111111101 1111111111 1111101111 110110110111 11101011010 0111111010 0100101001111 101111010011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,016
Words 212
Sentences 3
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 133
Words per stanza (avg) 36
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Submitted on August 20, 2014

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Troy Kaneer

I have been writing for about 20 years. Found I could rhyme a little and still say something. Was led to use this for the Glory of God and His Son my Saviour. I do write some personal poems but it seems that God gets in those too. It is appropriate though because He is my life. more…

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