Analysis of Invisibility
Charles Fields II 1955 (Fort Bragg, NC)
Hidden in plain sight
qualities in some respects
Meant to be clearly displayed,
In glorious visions
which you may explain
To others
as your way of life
Being enfolded
within your needs
In an unused corner
of your thoughts
Quietly resting
between your ideals
Not quite, what
you might expect
Something no one else
can quite see
Lying
beyond your beliefs
We pray for understanding,
some praying
for fortunes or great wealth
In your creative time
Nothing you can discern
will be worth your effort
If you cannot find the truth
You cannot find peace within yourself
If you have lost your health
When your time is done and gone
You’ve completely wasted
Your energies
And lost your natural mind
If you fail to pass on your loving ideas
Which seems to come to us
Mysteriously somehow,
When you show someone
Something of the loving truth
You’ve found hidden
within yourself,
Only proving of value
When it’s shared with someone else,
When you truly care for others
Sharing what we learn from one another
So important in our lives
Why this chain of ownership
of what cannot be possessed,
the ultimate test
the creator has given us
The gift we only receive
when we pass it on
What have you learned
in living?
What do you gain
by giving back?
It is in your original thought
which can’t be taught
A consciousness you only clearly see
when you are truly blind
it simply is
the truth
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Scheme | A XX XBC D AX EX FX XX GH FX F FI XX X JK IX XX LX MX NJ NK XG CE X XO OM XX XF BX PP HL XJ D |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10011 1000101 1111001 010010 11101 110 11111 101 0111 010110 111 10010 01101 111 1101 10111 111 10 01101 111010 110 110111 010101 101101 111110 1110101 110110101 111111 1111101 101010 1100 0111001 111111110010 111111 10001 1111 1010101 1110 0101 1010110 111111 11101110 1011111010 10100101 111110 1110101 01001 00101101 0111001 11111 1111 010 1111 1101 110101001 1111 0100110101 111101 1101 01 101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,516 |
Words | 339 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 33 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 61 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 34 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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