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
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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