Analysis of Enlightenment
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
Self salvation calls
A task for every man's grasp.
Find strength within self.
Enlightenment, a rebirth.
Breaking free from all burdens.
Ever evolving,
Nature's law of change endures,
Nothing stays the same,
The impermanence of life,
A fact that none can deny.
The soul is fluid,
Ever changing, never still.
No fixed principle.
Mortality is certain,
No immortality found.
Infinite expanse
Stretches beyond comprehension.
Law guides all that's seen.
Effects stem from hidden causes.
Universal truths revealed.
Life's journey begins.
An eternal, unbroken path.
Everchanging forms.
Yet, indivisible whole.
Finite yet infinite soul.
Life's eternal flow,
One force that guides us all.
Each part in accord.
Interests of whole wrap us
Inseparable and whole.
Eightfold Path guides
Views, aims, speech, acts, livelihood,
Efforts, mind, hypnosis.
Righteousness revealed within,
Meticulous path to peace.
Reality defies
Words and explanations,
Indescribable.
A mystery we all live,
Yet struggle to comprehend it.
Between hope and doubt,
The path to enlightenment,
The middle way shines,
From potential to actual,
Peaceful existence awaits.
Inward concentration
Of mind and soul, a release
From worldly pressure
Meditation, key to peace.
Inner faculties now thrive.
Intuition speaks
Truth unknown to all but me.
Authority mine.
Solitude and self-reflection
Reveal clarity and peace.
Ancient wisdom thrives,
A faith that honors reason,
Satisfies the soul.
Self reliance, tolerance blend,
A path to shape one's own fate.
Scheme | XXXXA XXXXX XXBCX XCXXX XXXDD XXXED XXEXF XABGX XXXBX CFXFG XXXCF XCDXX |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (32%) Tetractys (22%) |
Metre | 10101 01110011 11011 0100001 1011110 10010 1011101 10101 0111 0111101 01110 1010101 11100 0100110 101001 10001 1001010 11111 01111010 010101 11001 10100101 11 101001 111001 10101 111111 11001 101111 0100001 111 111110 101010 1000101 0100111 1001 10010 0100 0100111 1101011 01101 0110100 01011 10101100 1001001 10010 1101001 11010 010111 1010011 0101 1011111 01001 1001010 0110001 10101 0111010 1001 10101001 0111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,557 |
Words | 289 |
Sentences | 33 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 60 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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