Analysis of Not As I Will
A drop in the ocean,
a light beam of the sun,
self-centered thought counts not,
but Consciousness is One.
He spoke hard words,
exposing evil, dethroning self,
he was a stranger among his own, yet,
loved he to the end.
So,let me be dethroned,
from ego false, self-built,
Lord, speak the Word,
cut deep and wound
the callous places of the heart,
that Your light may pierce, divide,
and human will -- beforeYour gaze-
as no-thing, melt and part.
Scheme | AAXA XXXX XXXX BXXB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010010 011101 110111 110011 1111 0101011 1101001111 11101 11101 110111 1101 1101 01010101 1111101 010111 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 427 |
Words | 80 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on August 22, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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