Analysis of The Kingdom

Ronald-Bunch 1982 (Grand Rapids)



Men, women and children are like gods.
Ants, beetles, cockroaches, butterflies
And killer bees are so, so very small,
Yet they have no care for us at all,
We could crush, burn and mutilate them,
Even invade their hives and take their queens' lives.
But Lo!
We let them pester and fester,
Wouldn't blame ourselves for extinction,
Nor let them part, for we have a heart.
The mysteries of God we can't understand,
Yet we stand in the palm of His hand.
To Him we are so, so very small, like ants,
Beetles, cockroaches, butterflies, and killer bees.
God looks above us and sets our path,
He lets us wander and roam like from a hill or comb.
He picks us up and puts us down and lets
His Son Jesus wears His crown.
He gives us so much, yet we're so blind,
We're roaming like mice in a maze, eating what we find,
Yet not all cheese is for our kind.
Some is a trap that will snap.
It's so cruel down here, not fair, yet up there,
They have so much to share.
They'll pick you up so you don't snap,
And fall into that last nasty trap.
But Lo!
God fights us, leaves us miserable and all alone,
Doesn't pick us up and put us back in his pen, since then,
He knows we'll jump out again.
We must make fellowship with Him and meet the sheep once again,
Or, we'll burn like crimson.
Let us count them all, even in every dark corner and creepy hall,
Don't let them fall, just reach out to them, that’s all.


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Poetic Form
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Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,356
Words 271
Sentences 16
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 34
Lines Amount 34
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 1,050
Words per stanza (avg) 271

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From: I AM A MAN AS I SHOULD BE: POEM BOOK 1 on amazon

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Submitted by RonaldBunch on July 28, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Ronald-Bunch

ronaldbunch.com He did volunteer work, goes to church, reads, and likes long walks. He's a self published writer and poet. He's getting his GED and will graduate at Grand Rapids (USA) community college. Activity: Ronald Lee Bunch published his poetry book called I Am A Man As I should be on create space September 1st, 2014 (Paper Back) and August 31, 2014 (Kindle Edition) Audio book is now available at amazon. Interests: Writing, reading, walking. Favorite book types: Fantasy and writer/author biographies. Some of the books he read: Mainspring (Clockwork Earth #1), The Magician's Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia), The Holiness of God, The Outsiders, Clash of the Titans, Gulliver's Travels, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter #2), The Four Signs of a Dynamic Catholic, Crossfire, Outland, Krull, The Red King (Star Trek: Titan, #2), Icerigger #1, Spellsinger, Flinx's Folly (Pip & Flinx #9), Battle Surgeons (Star Wars: Clone Wars, #4), The Silmarillion, The Lord of The Rings, The Hobbit, David Copperfield. more…

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