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   

Copyright ©2023 CEF2


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
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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Written on 2018

Submitted by Charles2 on September 03, 2023

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