Analysis of Floundering faith
I have lost my faith and drifted away.
My zeal has all gone and I cannot pray.
The church is an anathema to me
and is the last place that I want to be.
Those many years in which I attended
are forgotten now my faith has ended.
Something in me has diminished and died
and as it disappeared I wept and cried.
I feel so angry and very uptight
and wonder if things will ever be right.
I want to run but cannot quite let go
Just what will happen now I do not know.
Then Jesus said, "My child do you not know
that I will never, ever let you go."
"I understand what you are going through
and will walk along this rough road with you."
"My love for you is so great and so free
and is much stronger than your love for me."
"Remember that I stand here at your side
with arms all inviting and opened wide."
It took some time, but I’ve worked it through
and Jesus helped me to know what to do.
The years have passed since I drifted away
but I have come back to Jesus that day.
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEFF FFGG BBDD GGAA |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1111101001 1111101101 0111010011 0101111111 1101011010 1010111110 1001101001 011011101 1111001001 0101111011 1111110111 1111011111 1101111111 1111010111 101111101 0110111111 1111111011 0111011111 0101111111 1110100101 111111111 0101111111 0111111001 1111111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,002 |
Words | 206 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 129 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
About this poem
Sometimes we let go of Jesus but He never lets go of us
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