Analysis of My Hometown Church



When I was young at Sunday School
I didn't think of it as cool.
My parents wanted me to learn
Of good and bad so I'd discern
What matched the Golden Rule.

In my teen years, I also went
To Sunday School and then I spent
My time with fewer students who
Did not care if they ever knew
Just what the Bible meant.

When I became a full-grown man,
Of Christian stuff I was no fan
In learning holy things at all,
Because I never heard God "call"
Until I learned He had a plan!


Scheme AABBA CCDDC EEFFE
Poetic Form
Metre 1111111 11011111 11010111 11011101 110101 01111101 1110111 11110101 11111101 110101 11010111 11011111 01010111 01110111 01111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 470
Words 103
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 120
Words per stanza (avg) 32

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Church memories

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Written on September 15, 2023

Submitted by stevec.24118 on September 16, 2023

Modified by stevec.24118 on September 16, 2023

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