Analysis of Be Ye Lifted Up!



By the Grace of God we’re all saved.
Returned to wholeness from brokenness.
A wretched soul that each of us is.
Notwithstanding, he watches over us.
Dispensing healing by his mighty powers.
Overlooking all our weaknesses.
Not focusing on our ills but our strengths.

Creating in us a new heart.
All this he does out of Love.
Secure thus we are by his mercy.
Each one of us he elevates.
You, me, and all who trust in him.

By divine providence and grace.
Emanating from God’s sovereignty.

You have been given dispensation.
Each day that now passes.

Let God’s light shine within you.
Increase within your sinews.
Faithfully to serve him.
That by your convictions.
Each one that you encounter.
Draws closer too to serve him.

Universal is that true love.
Provided by God’s mercy.


Scheme XAAAAAA XBAAC AX XA XACAXC BA
Poetic Form
Metre 10111011 0111011 010111111 010110101 01010111010 100110100 110011011101 01001011 1111111 011111110 1111110 11011101 10110001 10011100 11110010 111110 1111011 010111 100111 111010 1111010 1101111 0101111 0101110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 787
Words 164
Sentences 24
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 7, 5, 2, 2, 6, 2
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 101
Words per stanza (avg) 23

About this poem

Faith, Hope, Love, but the greatest of these is God’s divine love. This free verse five-stanza poem, written in the form of an acrostic, is composed especially for Brandon Casey who recently (in September 2023) survived from a near fatal automobile accident. He remains receiving medical care and attention as he continues to heal. Brandon, God rescued you from a near fatal car accident. Out of the heap of brokenness he brought you out for his purpose. We pray that by God’s divine hand and intervention you will be brought back to wholeness. To all who are sick in body, soul or mind, and ailing physically, emotionally, psychologically, and spiritually from varied addictions, be ye all lifted up by the grace, love and mercy of the Lord. The Peace of the LORD be with you all. 

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Written on September 28, 2023

Submitted by karlcfolkes on September 28, 2023

Modified by karlcfolkes on September 29, 2023

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Karl Constantine FOLKES

Retired educator of Jamaican ancestry with a lifelong interest in composing poetry dealing particularly with the metaphysics of self-reflection; completed a dissertation in Children’s Literature in 1991 at New York University entitled: An Analysis of Wilhelm Grimm’s ‘Liebe Mili’ (translated into English as “Dear Mili”), Employing Von Franzian Methodological Processes of Analytical Psychology. The subject of the dissertation concerned the process of Individuation. more…

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