Analysis of It Wasn't The Nails



Suffering is a part of life, and I say
 But sometimes I just wish the suffering would go away
 Pain seems so useless, its purpose is so hard to find
 When I'm in pain I'm often abrupt, rude & unkind

But Jesus had much more pain than I ever will;
 His suffering was the way he chose my sins to kill
 He died of lack of blood and lack of enough air
 Into his lungs, and to me it seems unfair,

To die for my sins on his cross up there
 It wasn't the nails that held Christ to the cross;
 It was his love for us that put him at a loss;
 For air to breathe and blood to flow

And in the end, for his life to go
 My pain has purpose when I unite my pain,
 With Christ's pain on the cross which was for my gain;
 Gain of forgiveness of my sins on my soul

And for other's sins, too, to make us all whole
 So I'll offer up my pain for others, and not complain
 For my suffering may help them repent and not sin again
 Suffering is a part of life, I know, and I say


Scheme AABB CCDD DEEF FGGH HGXA
Poetic Form Quatrain  (40%)
Metre 10010111011 10111101001101 1111011011111 110111001101 110111111101 1100101111111 111111011011 01110111101 1111111111 11001111101 111111111101 11110111 000111111 1111011111 11110111111 11010111111 01101111111 11101111100101 111001110101101 1001011111011
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 973
Words 208
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 37
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 147
Words per stanza (avg) 40
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Submitted by hitalot on July 26, 2017

Modified on April 06, 2023

1:02 min read
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Mario William Vitale

Mario William Vitale is a twentieth century poet. He has developed a style of free verse. Has written over one thousand poems. more…

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