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 |
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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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