Analysis of Haluk's Credo
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
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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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