Analysis of Take My Mind To A Quiet Place
Please take my mind to a quiet place
Where there is no pain no hurried pace
And let me rest there for a while
Before I travel my next mile.
And when I once again proceed
Please give me all the strength I need
To face whatever I might find
With joy of heart and peace of mind.
| Scheme | AABB CCDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 111110101 111111101 01111101 01110111 01110101 11110111 1110111 11110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 276 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
About this poem
I worked for hospice, and used this as a meditation to prepare me for the people and stories and tears I would hold in my heart every day. It hung above my desk for several years and still is there with my successor. I share it with friends going thru cancer treatments and other crises.
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