Analysis of Always Seek God First



A man can suffer many things
And yet be left unchanged.
He goes through all the lessons,
Never learning. Isn’t that strange?

Does he not wish to live life well?
And be happy with his lot.
But he fights and kicks against the goads
And never leaves his spot.

He wants to be happy; you know he does.
He’s a lot like you.
Though he has the ability he lacks the wisdom
To know what he should do. Seek God!


Scheme AXXX XBAB XXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 01110101 011101 1111010 1010111 11111111 0110111 111010101 010111 1111101111 10111 1110010011010 11111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 406
Words 90
Sentences 10
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 102
Words per stanza (avg) 27
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Written on April 11, 2024

Submitted by dawg4jesus on April 12, 2024

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