Analysis of Minor Miracles



Little acts of kindness aren't merely little acts:
they can be momentous like spiritual contracts.

Knell down to tie a shoe for an elderly man.
Help children cross the street by holding a small hand.

Share a warm, open smile cheering a lonely heart.
Words of encouragement could serve as a jump-start.

Offer strangers pennies for making even change.
Let people step ahead, their schedule rearrange.

Listen with attention to someone's tale of woe.
Give lost souls direction for places they should go.

Adopt pets from shelters permitting them to live.
Put aside old grudges and gracefully forgive.

Watch a neighbor's homestead when they must be away.
Allow novice players to win a game in play.

The minor miracle angel goodness presents.
Little acts of kindness are life changing events.


Scheme AA XX BB CC DD XX EE XX
Poetic Form Couplet 
Metre 1011101010101 111010110001 111101111001 110101110011 101101100101 110100111011 101010110101 11010111001 10101011111 111010110111 011110010111 101110010001 10101111101 011010110101 010100101010 101110111001
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 770
Words 130
Sentences 15
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 40
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 79
Words per stanza (avg) 16
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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