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 |
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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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