Analysis of The Love I Know



it happened years ago in 1979
invited Jesus to come into my heart
this would light the inner spark
to where I needed to go

pitter patter of soft sandle feet
we would both meet & greet
worship at his feet
one day at a time sweet Jesus

that's all I'm asking of thee
then when i was thirteen
starring up in the clouds to see his face
he is the peace that passes all understanding

living inside of me hide me away from society
a very good reason to believe
from hanging on a tree
to coming to live inside of you & me

for I look to the sea
reflections on the way spark my memories
some happy and sad
think of childhood friends and the dreams we had

Jesus is for us a quest to rejoice
out of his great love he shared
so never fear or drop a single tear
as he may whisper in your ear

his love was such that he suffered so much
just to cause some of us to follow
the love I know


Scheme XXXA BBBX CXXX CXCC CXDD XXXX XAA
Poetic Form
Metre 1101010 01010110111 1110101 1111011 1101111 11111 10111 11101110 1111011 111111 1010011111 11011101010 100111110110100 010110101 110101 1101101111 111101 01010111100 11001 111100111 1011101101 1111111 1101110101 11110011 1111111011 111111110 0111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 862
Words 184
Sentences 1
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3
Lines Amount 27
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 99
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted by hitalot on December 01, 2017

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Mario William Vitale

Mario William Vitale is a twentieth century poet. He has developed a style of free verse. Has written over one thousand poems. more…

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