Analysis of Poetry As A Spiritual Thing In The Similitude Of God



God is unseen. But the heavens speak
Of His glory and the Earth, His beauty.
In like manner, poetry is a transaction
Between the soul & spirit of a man.
But the chests of books & brilliant
Digital screens portray it concrete. God
Is a poet. Poetry is a scripture. There's
A Genesis where a poet begins to
Command light upon the dark vacuum
Of his mind. David comes to mind.
Poetry, too, is unseen. It
Remains void & formless until letters
Like the stars & the moon begin to
Light the sea of its content.
Like a virgin at labour, a poet says
"Let land levitate" and there's a
Birthing from the deep within – upon
Which her subject matter, like every
Creeping things, find a balance in
Honor of crafty gravity. The firmament
Beams the mood of the moment.
Darkness looms like the face of the
Sky at night. At times, a poem shines
Like an adult sun. Night & day, the
Sixth day produces an Adam – a
Handicraft – mirrored before the face
Of a poet. A poet sees & says "it is good"
Night & day, the seventh day comes
With rest as an incentive.


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Poetic Form
Metre 110110101 1110001110 011010010010 010110101 1011110 1001011011 101010010101 01001010011 011010110 11110111 10011011 01110110 10101011 1011110 1010110101 1110010 101010101 1001101100 10110100 1011010001 1011010 10110110 111110101 11011110 110101100 10100101 101001011111 1101011 1111010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,065
Words 222
Sentences 17
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 29
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 795
Words per stanza (avg) 200

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This poem is a symbolic portrayal of poetry as a thing of the spirit– unseen and dwells within a man like God but it's works of refreshing and loosing of the soul is visible.

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Written on January 08, 2022

Submitted by benjaminpsalmuel3 on August 01, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Psalmuel Benjamin

Psalmuel Benjamin is a poet and writer. A spoken words poet and teacher. He's also a an upcoming novelist. He has articles published on PAROUSIA and poems elsewhere. more…

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