Analysis of Feeble attempt at hope
Kelley Davies 1983 (Dallas)
I wish I could give you something other than my depression and longing
Other than my fear and pain
I wish I could tell you it all gets better
Because for a time it did
It did get better
And then the window shattered and the fragments of glass came falling down
Spraying over the floor chaotically
And I no longer had the energy to pick them up
Glass cuts deep just like the wounds of my past
If I could return to you, look you in your beautiful eyes, and tell you these words
I'm sorry, I love you
Maybe then you would forgive me and I could wander hopelessly on in the darkness
Gosh, I wish I could say I see a good future for my life
But maybe my thoughts are meant to drown me and cause me to fall into utter, complete silence
God, if you are there
If you are a living God
Protect me from myself
I'm no magician. I'm no hero. And I'm surely not a God.
But I do love you Jesus. Please come for me.
Restore my heart
Love my soul
Bring me back to life, my sovereign, holy God
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Metre | 111111101011010010 1011101 11111111110 0110111 11110 01010100010111101 1010011 01110101001111 1111101111 11101111101100101111 110111 101110110111010010010 111111110110111 11011111110111101100110 11111 1110101 01111 1101011100110101 11111101111 0111 111 11111110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,012 |
Words | 229 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 22 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 35 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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