Analysis of Bridges
Charles Fields II 1955 (Fort Bragg, NC)
We came for whatever cause or purposes
Our hearts and minds may have entertained
Our motivations, whether sure or not, so much so
Created a path from which we launched our dream
Even when clouded with uncertainty.
We made Choices.
Taking our every known and unknown
To a higher plain responding to our inner voices
As patterns of reason, might suggest
Baring our hearts, our being expressed/exposed
in hopes that our efforts will bring
Some sense of satisfaction and hopes
Our resources are not wasted or taken, in vain
We dream when our spirits are pure
We see our life Like a clear day
Where we can see far beyond ourselves
Feeling in another way a happiness
we do not own
Enabled/share, build confidence sense,
not alone
How can we ever hope to remain Unchanged?
When, the realization begins to materialize
We want something more,
than just a shallow feeling of being self-satisfied
that may be why we aspire to focus
within our hearts/our minds
To build bridges within we extend our emotions
even though, it may bring a loss
To cross to another side of what we are
To merge our consciousness, identity
Freely and fully, blending the will and intent
Of our courses with others even as the love
That's flourishes inside strives to be made whole
By means of small sacrifices, to show cause
As we live and we grow with each earnest desire
As we aspire to climb
to whatever sense of heaven
Our heart beats for
we build, trust in each particle
Of energy expended towards our goals
Our spirits flow a step further,
seeking to be complete.
Although, we may not know, for sure
How each gesture may be received
We each, make our presence known
As shown, with a gravity displayed in subtle ways,
Shown, even when we choose to remain anonymous
Without much doubt our hearts have spoken
Familiar yet, each one, unique if we approach each other impartially, as another sovereign entity
Hoping to make a statement
to complement, as opposed to merely compete
To build from within
passages that are reaching
To the other side to bring us hope.
Even, as these Circumstances
allow sorrow to remain
we use faith
As we build, from our intentions
and receive inspiration in parallels,
of patterns we recognize.
To find our gain
viewing the whole
our new horizons
Even if, just a silhouette is what remains
Once the river is crossed
Scheme | AX XXB A CA X X DXE FX XGC XC X H IX GX JX X BX XK XL XMI XX LN FX CX GM B XN XDX AE XJXH EKJ XX |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1111011100 101011101 1001010111111 010011111101 1011010100 1110 10101001001 101010101101010 110110101 1010110100101 011101011 11101001 10100111011001 111101011 111011011 1111101001 10001010100 1111 010111001 101 11110110101 1010100110100 11101 1101010110110 1111101110 01101101 11100110110010 10111101 11101011111 11101000100 100101001001 1101011010101 11000111111 1111100111 1110111110010 110111 1101110 10111 11101100 110001001101 101010110 101101 1111111 11101101 11110101 1110100010101 1101111010100 0111101110 0101110111011100100101010100 1011010 110010111001 11101 1001110 101011111 1011100 0110101 111 111110010 001010010 110110 11101 1001 101010 10110011101 101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 2,394 |
Words | 471 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 32 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 3, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 2, 3, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 4, 3, 2 |
Lines Amount | 65 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 58 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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