Analysis of God Is Still Regreting



A hungry
 lion
 kills a prey
kills a prey
just to eat
just to
stay alive
stay alive,
and not die;
and not die.
No more, no less.

But man
acquires wealth
he does
 not need,
he does
not need,
because of greed:
because of greed
avarice,
 out of selfish reasons.

There was
this wealthy man;
this wealthy man,
while he was still alive,
while he was still alive,
his children
his children
 started
 selling
 his property;
his property;
the man had
 great wealth;
great wealth;
after
he died
he died
his business
 died with him,
died with him
because
his children
his children
abandoned his business
and worked away
and worked away

How many people
benefited from his wealth?
None.
None;
Nobody.

Man oppresses
his fellow man
as a show of power,
but the animals
live in peace
in the jungle
in the jungle
all together
as one family
as one family.

Man, as a leader
is vicious,
is vicious,
 cruel, greedy, oppressive...
oppressive...
oppressive...
he aquires
wealth
 he does not need,
he does not need.
Man in his wickedness
 has been
creating weapons
of mass destruction--
of mass destruction--.

God creates;
man destroys.
man destroys
God creates.

God is still
regreting
regreting
 creating man,
yes,
God is still
regreting
creating man.
Yes, God is still
regreting
yes still
regreting.


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Poetic Form
Metre 010 10 101 101 111 11 101 101 011 011 1111 11 0101 11 11 11 11 0111 0111 100 111010 11 1101 1101 111101 111101 110 110 10 10 1100 1100 011 11 11 10 11 11 110 111 111 01 110 110 010110 0101 0101 11010 100111 1 1 1 1010 1101 101110 10100 101 0010 0010 1010 11100 11100 11010 110 110 1010010 010 010 11 1 1111 1111 101100 11 01010 11010 11010 101 101 101 101 111 1 1 0101 1 111 1 0101 1111 1 11 1
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 1,303
Words 283
Sentences 16
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 11, 10, 26, 5, 10, 15, 4, 12
Lines Amount 93
Letters per line (avg) 11
Words per line (avg) 2
Letters per stanza (avg) 124
Words per stanza (avg) 28

About this poem

In Genesis chapter 6, the Bible tells us that God regreted creating man, and went ahead to destroy mankind with flood. The activities of man grieved God, that he was pained in his heart.

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Written on April 05, 2023

Submitted by Chinonyeisraeluche on May 04, 2023

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Israel Chinonye Uche

Date of Birth: 18/9/57 Nigerian; Igbo BA(Hons) 1982,Theatre Arts, University of Calabar; PGDE, 1987,University of Nigeria, Nssuka Secondary School teacher( retired). Author and publisher more…

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