Analysis of The Soul Of Man



I can feel your love, even as you weep
For this was not the promise
Your children swore to keep.
Do you ever feel, you may have died in vain
And if you could, I wonder
Would you do it all again.
Sometimes I close my eyes and I can feel your pain
For all of those you love are killing in your name.
Why is there so much hate, I don't understand
I pray its not to late to save the soul of man.
The insanity I see, the depravity of men
The bloodiness of war, will it never end.
The steeples that are built
To house those that believe
Are slowly crumbling, due to their own greed.
I feel a heavy burden, a hush, a since of doom
A feeling that the end may be coming soon.
Can't you feel his love, even while he weeps
For this was not the promise
We swore to him we'd keep.


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Poetic Form
Metre 1111110111 1111010 110111 11101111101 0111110 1111101 011111011111 111111110011 1111111101 111111110111 00100110010011 011111101 010111 111101 11010011111 1101010010111 01010111101 1111110111 1111010 111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 748
Words 160
Sentences 9
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 587
Words per stanza (avg) 160
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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