Analysis of No Mistakes
Tim Strauss 1994 (N.C)
Be yourself out in the world
Shame not for goofing
Laughing, playing, mindless aloofing
Because in solitude, God will speak
And relay the secret of his mystique
You haven't got to worry about a bigger picture
The lord will give you glimpses
You haven't got to open eyes wide to see inside
The lord will grant you visions
You haven't got to keep moving in the name of wisdom
To receive it
You only have to keep moving for your human sanity
And be patient
The rules are clear but they will be muffled again
You'll see
You'll be blind yet alive and breathing for something
Just believe
The lord returns with gifts that he's gathered
Such grace
The lord returns with a meaning for the madness
No mistakes
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011001 11110 1010101 01010111 010101101 11011100101010 0111110 1101110111101 0111110 11011110001110 1011 110111101110100 0110 011111111001 11 111101010110 101 0101111110 11 010110101010 101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 710 |
Words | 138 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 16 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 282 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 65 |
About this poem
This poem came to me as I pondered the soul
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