Analysis of Counting our Blessings
Charles Fields II 1955 (Fort Bragg, NC)
Comparing our special gifts
as we count our blessings
we need to make sure and double it,
for the miracles we share
knowing we are not alone
someone cares about us
when we are down and out
calling with our all
sometimes, where we hear nothing,
only in silent echoes
which ripple through our lives
when we do find strength
moments we are alone
freed from the distraction of the day
balancing our worlds upon our inner focus
awakening once again giving time for us to pray
masking the comforting rhythms of familiar sounds
much like the sighted having fears of going blind
Remembering the less fortunate than you and i
Do you and yours cry for them, perhaps sometimes
Or is your belief in the common good …a lie?
Memories are a double-edged sword
not to be turned in anger against us
with all the love stored in our hearts
we should live forever.
Remember, we are all in this together
So, as we give
and it will come back
in many ways
in friendships
which double our capacity
to give
feeds us,
as we live it
find someone
as true to themselves
as they are true to you,
With the creators blessing
watch its glow extend
To everything about you
in everything say or do
So, we cannot ever
run out.
Living
and giving love
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Scheme | XX AX BC DX EX XX BF CF XX GX GX CX HH IX XX XI CA XX J E XJ J HD EX I |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010101 1111010 111110101 1010011 1011101 11011 111101 101101 0111110 1001010 1101101 11111 101101 110010101 10010101101010 01001011011111 1001001010101 110101011101 0100011001101 11011110101 111010010101 100101011 1111010011 110110101 111010 01011101010 1111 01111 0101 010 110100100 11 11 1111 11 11101 111111 1001010 11101 110011 010111 111010 11 10 0101 101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,297 |
Words | 288 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 25 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 46 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 40 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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