Analysis of The Light of Day
Clinton Herring 1951 (Lawton, Oklahoma)
Oh, the pain, the anguish of subtle dying days!
It seems God is very far away.
Cannot Love stay in my heart against the dark?
For God is always near, always love.
No, it is I who drifts, caught by the currents of this world's life.
Soul, where are you going?
Toss out the anchor! Catch hold the Rock!
He has hold of you! No one can break!
No one!
Be filled with the Light of Day, the Son!
| Scheme | XXXXX XXXAA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 101010110101 111110101 10110110101 1111111 111111110101111 111110 110101101 111111111 11 111011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 389 |
| Words | 89 |
| Sentences | 12 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 145 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Hold on to the Light of Day, the Son.
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