Analysis of Wants and needs
Earthly wants and heavenly needs,
Set your mind on heavenly things.
Things on earth rust does corrupt,
Lay yourself treasures for use up above.
Eternal measures none can pollute,
Neither moth nor mold can then reduce.
Our life on earth is but a flitter.
To the next life, consider.
Why then concern yourself with material possessions,
Earthly struggles or commotion?
Eternal rewards come from devotion.
Lasting needs produced from thoughtful notions.
Scheme | XXXX XXAA BCCB |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
Metre | 10101001 11111001 1111101 1011011101 010101101 101111101 101111101 1011010 11010110100010 10101010 0100111010 1010111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 452 |
Words | 84 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 122 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
Font size:
Written on November 09, 2022
Submitted by grggfks on November 09, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
- 25 sec read
- 1 View
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Wants and needs" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 18 May 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/144244/wants-and-needs>.
Discuss this Gregg Fikes poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In