Analysis of The Hidden Power of Human Beliefs



One man by his proofs anchors his beliefs.
Another by his faith solidifies his beliefs.
The first man calls himself a fact finder.

The second man finds facts to be of human construction.
Temporary and ever changing, like the four seasons of the year.
Governed by an order surpassing human comprehension.

The man of proofs considers this as being predictive.
That while there is change, there is constancy in change.
That change is proof of higher order to be determined.

The man of faith acknowledges this as faith.
As the assurance of things hoped for.
As the conviction of an higher order governing the things not seen or understood.


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Poetic Form
Metre 1111110101 010111010101 0111010110 01011111110010 1000101010110101 10111001010010 01110101110010 111111110001 11111101011010 01110100111 100101111 100101110101000111101
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 638
Words 123
Sentences 12
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 43
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 128
Words per stanza (avg) 27

About this poem

This poem is about the hidden power behind all beliefs, whether faith-driven or “empirical.”

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Written on January 11, 2024

Submitted by karlcfolkes on January 11, 2024

Modified by karlcfolkes on January 12, 2024

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Karl Constantine FOLKES

Retired educator of Jamaican ancestry with a lifelong interest in composing poetry dealing particularly with the metaphysics of self-reflection; completed a dissertation in Children’s Literature in 1991 at New York University entitled: An Analysis of Wilhelm Grimm’s ‘Liebe Mili’ (translated into English as “Dear Mili”), Employing Von Franzian Methodological Processes of Analytical Psychology. The subject of the dissertation concerned the process of Individuation. more…

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