Analysis of By grace

Alan Bradley Starr 1983 (Eastland)



Being let down brings you back to yourself, so that you can find grace in your time if need. Letting your self down brings you to grace. Both ways, grace is hard to find.


Scheme A
Poetic Form
Metre 1011111101111111011111011111111111111
Characters 170
Words 34
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 1
Lines Amount 1
Letters per line (avg) 132
Words per line (avg) 34
Letters per stanza (avg) 132
Words per stanza (avg) 34

About this poem

There are hard times all around us, it’s hard to eat sleep and drink but yet we still find a way to try again.

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Written on October 04, 2023

Submitted by alanstarr1234 on October 04, 2023

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  • alanstarr1234
    This poem was inspired by many things, was talking to a stranger and honestly wrote it then posted it.
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