Analysis of Check Your Balance



Creation by design.
Clandestinely defined.  
Up from the crown
back down to the spine,
to the barely visible Atom
and Everything combined.

Through infinite time
all intertwined.
From the Heavens divine
and shadows below,
where the sun doesn’t show
an effort to shine.
Nothing can grow
except for the mind.

Seek the light and you shall find.
Few know the way.
Most may decline.
The rest would just say
everything’s fine.  

Humankind tossed in a bind.
Could be lost or maybe blind.
Should this cross
be left behind?
Would cause of death be the bottom line?
When across the board the depth has inclined.
At loss, in debt, and all misaligned.
Can you spare some change
because the balance declined?
What can it cost
to be honest and kind
since the meek and the modest already co-signed?

When born into sin
how are you fined?
If there’s a freeway out
show me a sign.
Why the sum?
Pay no mind.
Like only some, I paid for mine.


Scheme ABXACB XBADDADB BEAEA BBXBABBXBXBB XBXACBA
Poetic Form
Metre 010101 010001 1101 11101 101010010 01001 11001 1001 101001 0101 10111 11011 1011 01101 1010111 1101 1101 01111 101 101001 1111101 111 1101 111110101 1010101101 1101011 11111 0101001 1111 111001 101001001011 11011 1111 11011 1101 101 111 11011111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 946
Words 205
Sentences 23
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 6, 8, 5, 12, 7
Lines Amount 38
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 144
Words per stanza (avg) 33

About this poem

My perception on creation, existence, and spirituality.

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Written on March 07, 2023

Submitted by Gams on March 07, 2023

Modified by Gams on April 09, 2023

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