Analysis of The Coming (2)
My head ("aleve" is no relief, at all),
Spinning fast is in utter pain.
My heart ("digitalis" is not helping),
Beating slow is tired and--broken,
Because I have yet so many unrealized
Imaginings and dreams.
But my soul...yes, that eternal spirit within
Is saying, "I am not ready, not until
I am done, or "over it" in my own terms.
As the pen is to the sword--mightier,
So is the spirit to the body.
I find (and hope) my pen, and feel (and pray)
My spirit...the same.
And as onward goes steadily and surely...
The coming, I will be up--not down...
With my worn-out shoes on--"running away."
So God--my Lord and Savior, help me!
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLMKNLK |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101110111 10110101 110101110 101110010 01111110010 101 11110101001 11011110101 11111010111 1011101100 110101010 1101110101 111 01101100010 010111111 1111111001 111101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 611 |
Words | 117 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 17 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 455 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 114 |
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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