Analysis of Humble I Pray



Tonight through the darkness,
I wander and crawl

The faces seem ghoulish,
my past to recall

Unsure of direction,
I listen for sounds

To possibly guide me,
as fire abounds

I look to my left,
as hooves thunder past

I look to my right,
and Beelzebub laughs

All colors have gone,
just the fieriest red

I live out my fear,
I live out my dread

One hope then to muster,
that faith remains true

And guides me inclement,
past demons anew

Despair almost total,
 regret full in charge

I squint through the smoke,
there’s new light from afar

I plod on my knees,
and it grows brighter still

As the temperature drops,
and the moment is chilled

Once free of damnation,
my life starts again

With sacred commitment,
forgiven of sin

My tomorrows in passing,
I live for today

Belief my salvation
—as humbly I pray

(1st Book Of Prayers May, 2019)


Scheme XA XA BC XC XX XX XD XD XE FE XX XX XX XX BX FX XG BG G
Poetic Form
Metre 011010 11001 010110 1111 011010 11011 110011 11001 11111 11101 11111 011 11011 1011 11111 11111 111110 11011 011010 11001 01110 01101 11101 111101 11111 011101 101001 001011 111010 11101 110010 01011 101010 11101 011010 11011 11111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 850
Words 188
Sentences 1
Stanzas 19
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 37
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 34
Words per stanza (avg) 8
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on March 24, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Kurt Philip Behm

Longtime writer with twelve books in publication. Three of them Poetry. : The Death Of The Playground : The Sword Of Ichiban : Searching For Crazy Horse : Darkening Sun : An Anthology Of Perception-Vol's 1 & 2 : After Midnight : Sammy And Bumpers : The Fall City Mandate : Revenge Along The War Trail : Death from The Sky more…

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