Analysis of The Power of Creation
As I walk alone the barren beach
The moonlight dances over the sullen land
Listening to the pounding waves they reach
Cleansing the shore with her healing hand
As Aphrodite, Goddess of Beauty and Love
Looks upon her sandy shores
Spreading the wings of her splendid dove
Carrying the branch of peace, she soars
Softness caresses the moonlit night
As gentleness surrounds the cool night air
Tenderness covers the ailing land with light
Healing all within her lofty lair
Her strength within she finds compelling
Her wisdom as arcane as nature herself
Her feelings onboard a ship at sea
Her mast reveals wind for a powerful sailing
In patience I find life hasn't passed me by
For I am building a solid, secure unmovable foundation
By using my gifts of intuition I fly
Trusting in the Power of Creation
Scheme | ABABCDCDEFEFGHIGJKJK |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111010101 0110100101 1001010111 100110101 10101011001 1010101 100110101 100011111 10010011 1100010111 10010010111 101010101 010111010 0101111001 01010111 010111010010 01011110111 11110010011010 11011101011 1000101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 797 |
Words | 139 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 655 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 139 |
About this poem
While living in Cape Canaveral FL, when I had problems sleeping I would talk a walk on the beach ;I lived about 3000 feet from the beach. Listening to the ocean waves swashing up on the shore was just so darned calming. It was a time of self reflection and regroup to decide what I was going to do for the rest of my life.
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