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
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Written on November 09, 2022

Submitted by grggfks on November 09, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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