Analysis of Toward the Light



The darkest burdens you may find
In life will always stay behind,
Like shadows when you face the bright
And warming glow that's in God's Light!


Scheme AABB
Poetic Form Balliol rhyme 
Quatrain 
Tanaga 
Metre 01010111 0111101 1111101 01011011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 143
Words 27
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 114
Words per stanza (avg) 26

About this poem

"I am the Light of the world." John 8:12

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Written on July 29, 2023

Submitted by stevec.24118 on July 29, 2023

Modified by stevec.24118 on July 29, 2023

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