Analysis of The River of Wisdom
My beloved children,
Hear ye this.
Listen and obey:
The River of Wisdom
courses the entirety
of my Holy Word.
From my First Testament
to my Second.
Discover its source.
Pursue its tributaries.
Be eternally quenched
by its flowing waters.
And surely you will know,
and with discipline,
come to understand:
The Feat of the Lord
is the beginning…
of Wisdom.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJEKLAMNOD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10110 111 10001 010110 1000100 11101 111100 1110 01011 011100 101001 111010 010111 01100 1101 01101 10010 110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 357 |
| Words | 73 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 18 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 281 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 61 |
About this poem
This poem makes allusion to the gospel of John, chapter 14, and to Proverbs 9, which informs us implicitly that, like a flowing river, is ever- renewing sacred knowledge that, when coupled with Godly wisdom, is never stagnant, in comparison with “stolen waters,” deceptively sweet (Proverbs 9:17a), ever still and un-flowing, and far from nourishing, never to quench one’s spiritual thirst, as we are informed accordingly: “Whoever drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water [of the Holy Spirit] I shall give, will never thirst” (John 14: 13-14). more »
Written on April 05, 2016
Submitted by karlcfolkes on November 13, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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