Analysis of Fear has been Defeated!



He gazed upon the skies
A view of a wandering eyes
Hallow eyes, filled with emptiness
Hopelessness and sadness

He was afraid of his own shadow
Cos his mind has become so shallow
He was afraid of tomorrow
 He was afraid to live another day in sorrow
He said, what tomorrow will bring
will be nothing more than more pain
sickness, distress and loneliness in the rain

But I grabbed his fear firmly by the hand
let's take a leap from the phobic heights and land
I urged him, let us go
Don't observe the wind blow
let us move forward

But he  retreated backward
He exclaimed, in this time and age
when the stormy weather rage
the hurricane, the tornado and the earthquake
My heart still quake

The darkest of the night
 I cannot see the end of the tunnel's light
The darkness so thick in nature
I cannot see the future
To see is to believe, my friend
To believe is to see the end

Right then, I understood his perversity
why he faint in the time of adversity
Cos' his faith is small
His faith is so weak and stall
 But he must learn how to walk on water
 How to make his faith work in order

This is the mind set I must topple
I must preach to him the Gospel
to beat-down all his stronghold and phantoms
 For the gospel is the solution to all human problems
 The only power of God unto salvation
for all mankind elevation
I preach to him the gospel of faith

Cos' I knew by hearing comes faith
Hearing the word of God in good-faith
You understand this spiritual truth
That will make your life run so smooth

With the word of God in your mouth
You can chart the course of your life
You can prevent it from running rife
You can be the best you want to be
You can be so rich and healthy

As I  speak to him words of faith
 he looked up, eyes brightened
His gait rose up and heightened
He was ready to move forward
He was ready to  jump upon the word
And take the world by storm

As I yet speak faith
Fear struggled away from my grasp
Then scamper and zap
Hurray, fear has been defeated!


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Poetic Form
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Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,986
Words 400
Sentences 2
Stanzas 11
Stanza Lengths 4, 7, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 4, 5, 6, 4
Lines Amount 59
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 142
Words per stanza (avg) 35

About this poem

The Gospel of Faith, poetry written for my son David, for his spoken word performance in church.

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Submitted by Benny11 on May 14, 2023

Modified by Benny11 on May 16, 2024

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Benson Chukwueke

Owerri, Nigeria since 1971. This is how I process and express my innermost cogitations; sitting back with pen and paper, painting words and polishing them until they become flowered verses. I guess for these actions, I could be called a poet or what do think? more…

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