Analysis of Lord Inscrutable



Oh Lord, inscrutable and full of might
To my feeble mind prone to fault,  
But not because Thine seraphim did light
The giant sphere above the world.

And to the dead man with a fiery face
The laws you’ve given to adhere,
You wake all things by living rays,
Your zeal for myriads of years.

Oh Lord, inscrutable and full of might,
Because I am to wane and disperse,
But like the Seraphim’s, my flame inside
Is brighter than the universe.

Despite I've fallen prey to vanity,
Through her impermanence she plays,
This flame's eternal, boundless as Thee -
And knows neither time nor space.


Scheme Axax bxcx Adxd eceb
Poetic Form Quatrain  (25%)
Metre 1101000111 11101111 11011111 01010101 01011101001 01110101 11111101 111111 1101000111 011111001 11011101 1101010 0111011100 10111 110101011 0110111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 592
Words 118
Sentences 4
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 114
Words per stanza (avg) 26

About this poem

A poetic reminder to look inside yourself to see that we are immortal beings, the creation of Divine Love.

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Written on January 06, 2023

Submitted by bennyredpilled on January 06, 2023

Modified on March 14, 2023

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