Analysis of Heavenly Arms



A woman of promise, a woman of mirth;
A woman who could never know her true worth.
All the lives she would touch; how could she have known?
A mother to many, though many not her own.
A helper, a listener, a wonderful friend;
None of us believed something so beautiful could end.
We all wanted to believe she would be here forever--
"Mom? Die on us?" "No way! Not ever!"
How cruel life can be sometimes, not giving any choice
But to accept that beauty is gone--your face, your heart, your voice.
How broken my heart; does that mean you're gone forever, then?
I think not, I'm sure you went to Heaven, if anyone can.
God bless you and keep you, until the day I finally die;
When, Lord willing, into your heavenly arms I'll fly.


Scheme AABBCCDDEEFGHH
Poetic Form
Metre 01011001011 01011101011 10111111111 010110110101 010010001001 1110110110011 11101011111010 111111110 11011101110101 110111011111111 11011111110101 11111111101101 111011010111001 1110011100111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 712
Words 139
Sentences 12
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 39
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 548
Words per stanza (avg) 137
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Submitted on April 02, 2017

Modified on March 05, 2023

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