Analysis of God's Tracks
You can listen with hope,
or listen in pain
But listen you shall,
as my words will explain
"You were left in a tree trunk,
neither hollow nor full
With a decision impending,
a test of your will
Your words will define,
what you praise or deny
Will they now come together,
in the truth or a lie
Do you burrow on blindly,
or tunnel beyond
What your comfort will dictate,
what the blackness desponds
One choice lands in darkness,
one reaches for light
My tracks through the shadows,
your fear cannot light
It’s down to that moment,
one last choice that defines
Will your soul choose redemption,
—or stay hidden unrhymed"
(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2016)
| Scheme | XA XA XX XX XB XB XC XD DE DE XD XC X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (32%) |
| Metre | 111011 11001 11011 111101 1010011 101011 10010010 01111 11101 111101 1111010 001101 1110110 11001 1110101 10101 111010 11011 11101 11101 111110 111101 1111010 11101 01001010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 660 |
| Words | 116 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 13 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 25 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 40 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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