Analysis of You I Knew To Know
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
You I knew very early to know,
Within me a growing motivation.
That would not let,
Such an incentive go.
Even though I tried the best I could.
To deny inside,
What I did outside was not me to show.
As I continued to pretend,
My love to comprehend...
This experience of life,
I had been blessed with it given.
Meant to me much more to explore.
Than living to ignore the why and reason,
My journey was meant...
To face obstacles and challenges.
With chances and risks to take.
And faith kept to keep.
Regardless of the many doors,
Closed before...
I opened my mouth.
Yet,
Left me knowing...
Everyone behind a door to open,
Will not judge me based upon appearance.
But curious enough to learn something.
When that opportunity,
Comes to share a lesson taught.
Unexpectedly to teach not to forget!
'There is something about you,
I find familiar.
And...
I can't put my finger on it!'
'I don't believe this!
A few years ago,
You bought me a cup of coffee.
And then gave me your last five dollars.
To then say one day,
We would meet...
Again.
Under different circumstances.
That my luck would change.
And...
That it has.
How can I help you?'
'You have already done it.
I was close to losing my faith.'
'This morning I decided to take a walk.
To adventure and explore,
Humanity.
As I remembered how it use to be.
So...
Just to knock on doors to say hello.
I began to do it a few miles down the road.
And much to my surprise,
You are the one I said to keep your faith!
And here you are,
Bestowing upon me a blessing.'
'Me?
What have I done?'
'A belief in yourself,
That nothing is impossible to overcome.
Thank you.
That's all I needed.
It was you I knew to know I could...
See myself better than I thought.'
'God works in mysterious ways.
I remember you saying that to me.'
'Yeah.
One of us had been the teacher.
And the other a student.
To believe all lessons to learn,
Had no tests left to pass.'
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,907 |
Words | 442 |
Sentences | 56 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 28, 4, 12, 2, 11, 2, 6, 2, 5 |
Lines Amount | 72 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 158 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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