Analysis of Grandma of Faith



She was at the concert, alone.
Night time
Heart of Detroit
By  the River.
Cobo Hall.
Many Gospel events.
This one, Morris Cerullo
And team.
Morris just a little man.
Jewish, born again, Messianic.
Voice and heart large, deep.
Like a lion.

Our little Grandma.
Seated two rows behind.
Sweet contralto voice.
Lifting up Jesus.
Thankyalord Jesus
Praise ya Jesus.
Knew all the verses.
Quickly flipped when
Prompted, to Bible chapter and verse.
We looked back at her
She smiled like an engaging Hostess.

Later at time of dismissal
We saw her alone
Waiting for a ride home.
Grand Son.
Dark Detroit
Clutching her purse.
Oblivious to all the
Front Page horrors.
Good Shepherd was ON DUTY.


Scheme AXBCXXXXXXXD XXXEEEXXFCE XAXDBFXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 11101001 11 1101 1010 101 101001 1110010 01 1010101 10101010 10111 1010 101010 101101 111 10110 110 1110 11010 1011 101101001 11110 111101010 10111010 11001 101011 11 101 1001 0100110 1110 1101110
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 684
Words 143
Sentences 22
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 12, 11, 9
Lines Amount 32
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 178
Words per stanza (avg) 39
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Written on April 19, 2023

Submitted by dougb.19255 on April 19, 2023

Modified on April 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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