Analysis of Chasing Rainbows



On a tender summer twilight just after a rain
I went chasing a rainbow to ask it it's name
Hard roads turned to gravel and gravel to dirt
I soon found my self standing near a disremembered old church

Surrounded by tombstones...centurians of old
Was the cusp of the rainbow ...with it's radiant glow
Your name? What's your name? I yelled at the sky
I stood there in silence and in hope of reply

Soon followed.. a voice... from in front and behind
Do you not see my temple standing nearby?
Do you not feel the presence of the angels on high?
Or hear them singing glory hallelujah as they pass each other by?

It is Jacob's own ladder...built from blind faith
An extension of earth to heaven's own gate
So God where are you?..i asked quite beguiled

I'm right here beside you....where i've been all the while


Scheme XXXX XXAA XAAA XXX X
Poetic Form
Metre 101010111001 11100111111 11111001011 111111010111 0101111 101101111001 1111111101 111010001101 11001101001 11111101011 1111010101011 11110100101111101 111011111 10101111011 111111101 11101111101
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 788
Words 152
Sentences 13
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 3, 1
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 39
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 125
Words per stanza (avg) 30
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on April 11, 2023

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Mark Orr

Photographer, Genealogist, Historian and aspiring poet living in the fabled county of "Raintree" in Indiana. more…

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