Analysis of BALANCE
Barry Green Jr 1973 (Florida)
You've taught me to keep balance
High on top that brick wall
Seemed every wind was a chance
That I could start to fall
Dad right now, I feel like I'm
Falling to that ground
We're running out of time
Soon you'll not be around
Tell me how I balance
This wind that starts to rise
So little time to take this chance
To show what you are in my eyes
There was a little boy
In the land of long ago
You loved, brought him joy
Dad how do I let you go?
Seems like my world's falling
This time you can't catch
Again Death comes calling
His hand is on the latch
I know I'll find my balance
As a wind blows all around
I find again my staggered stance
Here high above the ground
But could you tell me a final time
That the wind can't make me fall
That if I watch every step I'm
Going to Cross this wall?
AMEN
Scheme | ABCB DEDE AFCF GHGH IJIJ AECE DBDBX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111110 111111 11001101 111111 1111111 10111 110111 111101 111110 111111 11011111 11111011 110101 0011101 11111 1111111 111110 11111 011110 111101 1111110 1011101 11011101 110101 111110101 1011111 111110011 101111 01 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 811 |
Words | 176 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
About this poem
For I am the Lord your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you. Isaiah 41:13
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