Analysis of Vows to 20s
T. Matshane 2001 (Gaborone)
Took a trip to the motherland
Washed my soul with the cold winds
From the beach front.
At 21 and my future is already on the fence
But the hope for better days comes through with every wave.
With every wave takes away the feel of hate
And leaves me with the feel of greatness.
My pain begins to make sense.
No longer hanging on the fence.
I see the light on the paving God has me on.
All I need is faith and to never let my demons judge my fate.
The pearly gates will only open once my mission is fulfilled.
Follow your heart and build your temple.
Happiness is on your mantle
Once you remove the negativity off your cradle.
Let your mind free like you are daydreaming on sable road.
I know who I want to be. I’m never letting doubt into me. The sky maybe the limit
But my imagination is off the grid.
That explains how godly my mind works.
Too blessed to ever live average.
Too blessed to keep god’s creation to myself.
I will share God’s wisdom through my voice, my words, my passion.
I live for the lord.
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
It’s God’s wish to see you live freely.
-inspired by Hebrews chapter 13: verse 5
I wrote this down as soon as I began to love myself.
Look at the wealth that self love brings to my pen game
As I usher every word on the mic.
Feelings of immortality flows through my blood.
As my skin shreds away the bad ridden from a long life of pain.
A long life of short comings.
A long life of too many run in’s.
A long life of chances missed.
Now looking into a long life with so much to give.
Read a bit of God’s word to give me direction.
Now my mind can execute the troubles on my mind like the Roman’s did to Jesus.
Hold up… I’m beginning to sound like Caesar.
Way too Greek with the way I go about my literature.
It’s the gene of man who only vouches for perfection.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011010 1111011 1011 101101010101 10111011111001 110011010111 011101110 1101111 11010101 110110101111 1111101101110111 0101110101110101 101101110 10011110 1101001001110 1111111101101 11111111101010110110010 1100101101 101110111 111101100 1111101011 11111011111110 11101 110101011011011111111111110111011 111111110 01011101 1111111101111 110111111111 11101001101 10101001111 1111010110101111 0111110 011111011 0111101 1100101111111 101111111010 11111001011110101110 11101011110 111101110111000 1011111011010 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,993 |
Words | 430 |
Sentences | 35 |
Stanzas | 14 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 3, 5, 1, 5, 2, 1, 1, 1, 3, 5, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 106 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
About this poem
It’s about having a positive attitude in life in your twenties although things may seem tough.
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Written on April 13, 2022
Submitted by patrickjr_m on September 23, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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