Analysis of Cathy with Cancer. Terminal.



She loved the words of Paul
Had gobbled up them all
And Jesus was her
Constant Friend and Aid.
In palliative care.
Husband often there.
Reciting for him
Rapture’s bliss portrayed.
Not gonna die, not her.
She would very much prefer
That Great Escape.
First Thessalonians Four
Where clouds become a Door.
A flight to Evermore…

She died next day, half past four.
Peace and rest and perfect restored.

Note: I remember a devotional exposition on Psalm 103. Who healeth all our diseases… yeah I had studied all those verses on healing, wholeness with faith…but this author Guy Pearse, Cornish, said that sometimes the Great Physician is DEATH….Hhhmm.


Scheme AABCDDECBBXFFF FX E
Poetic Form
Metre 110111 110111 01010 10101 010001 10101 01011 1101 110110 1110101 1101 111 110101 01110 1111111 10100101 11010001000101111110010111101110110101111101110110101010111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 658
Words 122
Sentences 12
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 14, 2, 1
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 171
Words per stanza (avg) 36
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Written on March 23, 2023

Submitted by dougb.19255 on March 23, 2023

Modified by dougb.19255 on March 23, 2023

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Wayne Blair

Born in London. Graduated law 1976 Practised eleven years, Married Hilary 1974 Two kids Lauren 1980 And Jordan 1987. Business failed 1987. Moved not knowing whither. Happy hills of Waterloo Region. Mennonite Country. Thirty four years in Industry. No complaints. Poet, photographer, nature hiker. Harmonica busker. http://puffnchord7.blogspot.com/ more…

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