Analysis of as above, so below
As above, so below,
Drenched in wealth from head to toe,
Through stretching darkness, we simply glow,
Look at who we are.
Watch us move like the river Nile,
Burning sands turned to golden isles,
Calloused hands, but beaming smiles,
Look at what we’ve done.
Through the madness, we shall thrive,
Pushing upwards to greet the sky,
Tired limbs, but still alive,
Look how far we’ve come.
Do not think we’ve lived unharmed,
We hide our scars within our charm,
Of this, you need not be alarmed,
For this, we shall become:
When we rise, we’ll soar like birds,
Join the sky, and greet our herd,
We’ve done enough, so spread the word,
But this is not our time.
The sky will touch the earth again,
Through rain, our breath will flow again,
Our seeds will sow and grow again,
And break the ground to shine.
Scheme | AAAX XBBX CXCD EXED XFFX GGGX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101101 1011111 110101101 11111 11110101 10111101 1011101 11111 1010111 10101101 1011101 11111 1111101 1110101101 11111101 111101 1111111 10101101 11011101 1111101 01110101 111011101 101110101 010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 810 |
Words | 174 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Celebrating the undying beauty and resilience of the global black community for this year's Black History Month.
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