Analysis of To the Shepherds of Thought
I knew nothing
You revealed all
I became Alexander
You Aristotle
Weaned at your knee
By your manna teachings
Like Copernicus you
Made all things far-reaching
The rules that you taught
The laws and the creeds
Grew in abundance
Like a small mustard seed
At the hem of Christ
I learned peace and truth
Watered I grew
From the smallest of roots
The universe was opened
By the key of Einstein
A teacher like that
A true one of a kind
Walls became vapor
Words became power
Like Socrates fortitude
The eternal tower
You opened the book
Of eternal though
The Caesars of old
Rose out of naught
The sun became present
I understood
That though I was mortal
One day I could-
Become Solomon
With the treasures of mind
Bending space as Newton
Did in his prime
You granted the keys
To the impossible dreams
To comprehend the seas
And space fabric seams
Aurelius you are
Plato you were
Out of fear
You made mirth
You granted me wings
To unbound the mind
Giving me a vision
To become one with time
How can one thank
The emancipator of
The human condition
Only with love
Wherever you are
The many you've been
Immeasurable thanks
For giving me wings.
Scheme | AXBC XDEA FXXX XXEX XXXG BBXB XXXF XHCH IGIJ KLKL MBXX DGIJ XNIN MXXD |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (21%) |
Metre | 1110 1011 101010 1100 1111 111010 101001 111110 01111 01001 10010 101101 10111 11101 1011 101011 010110 101110 01011 011101 10110 10110 11010 001010 11001 10101 01011 1111 010110 101 111110 1111 01100 101011 101110 1011 11001 1001001 10101 01101 111 1010 111 111 11011 10101 101010 101111 1111 011 010010 1011 01011 01011 01001 11011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,076 |
Words | 209 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 14 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 56 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 66 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on September 30, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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