Analysis of Beauty down the pipe
Prophet went out on a limb.
Promise extraordinary
In the midst of messes.
Yeah, messes Buster.
Beauty for ashes, he said.
Burnt refuse.
No food value.
No building value.
Grey, listless.
Only ground nourishment
And that takes ages.
Oil of Joy for mourning.
Yeah the olive can do both.
Refresh, restore.
Where once only dove-like
Mourning could arise.
Beauty slash Joy.
Quite a pair of promises.
Mr. Isaiah.
Sure knew how to pick ‘em.
Scheme | ABCDEFGGHIJKLMNOPJQR |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (40%) Tetractys (30%) |
Metre | 1011101 100100 001110 11010 1011011 101 1110 11010 110 101100 01110 111110 1010111 0101 111011 10101 1011 1011100 1010 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 434 |
Words | 90 |
Sentences | 18 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 335 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 74 |
About this poem
Thoughts from Isaiah chapter
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Written on January 31, 2023
Submitted by dougb.72572 on January 31, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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