Analysis of The Kingdom is at Your Center: So Mote it Be
GNOTHI SEAUTON !
If those who guide your being say to you:
“Behold, the kingdom is in the heaven,”
then the birds of the sky will precede you;
if they say to you: “It is in the sea,”
then the fish will precede you.
But the kingdom is at your center…
and is everywhere about you.
When you KNOW yourselves, you will be known.
You will be aware what you are:
sons and daughters of the Almighty.
But not knowing your Godly nature,
you are and remain forever in poverty.
GNOTHI SEAUTON !
| Scheme | A babcbdb axcdc A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11 1111110111 0101010010 1011011011 1111111001 1011011 101011110 0110011 111011111 11101111 101010010 111011010 110010100100 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 495 |
| Words | 106 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 7, 5, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
About this poem
Composed in January 1990, this poem is based on various descriptions of the Kingdom of Heaven recorded in the Gospel of Matthew and amplified by poetic licenses. This poem also pays tribute to American essayist and poet, Ralph Waldo Emerson’s (1803-1882) declaration that the divine God dwells within the believer.
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Written on December 03, 1990
Submitted by karlcfolkes on March 16, 2023
Modified by karlcfolkes on April 16, 2023
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