Analysis of Haluk's Credo

Tevfik Fikret 1867 (Istanbul) – 1915 (Istanbul)



There is a universal power, supreme and limitless
Holy and sublime, with all my heart, so
do I believe
The earth is my homeland, my nation all humankind;
A person becomes human only by knowing this, so
do I believe
We are Satan, and jinn, there's no devil, no angels
Human beings will turn this world into paradise, so
do I believe
The perfect is immanent in creation; in that perfection
By way of the Torah, of the Gospels, of the Koran
do I believe
The children of humanity are each other's siblings... a dream?

Then so be it, for in that dream, with all my heart and soul,
do I believe
No one eats human flesh; deep-down, in this solace
-Forgetting my ancient ancestors for a moment-
do I believe
Blood nourishes violence and violence blood; this enmity
Is a flame in the blood that blood never quenches, so
do I believe
Surely this graveyard-existence will be followed
By refulgent resurrection, with utter certainty, so
do I believe
Before the miracle of that great sorcerer, reason,
Superstition will sink frustrated, into the earth, so
do I believe


Scheme abCxbCxbCdxCx xCaxCxbCxbCdbC
Poetic Form
Metre 11001010010100 1000111111 1101 01111110110 01001101011011 1101 1110011110110 1010111101101 1101 0011100001001010 11101010101001 1101 0101010011101001 11111011111101 1101 111101110110 010110101010 1101 1100100010011100 1010011110101 1101 10110101110 110101101001 1101 01010011110010 010111001011 1101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,037
Words 190
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 13, 14
Lines Amount 27
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 416
Words per stanza (avg) 94
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Tevfik Fikret

Tevfik Fikret was the pseudonym of Mehmed Tevfik, an Ottoman poet who is considered the founder of the modern school of Turkish poetry. more…

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