Analysis of Blessed To Begin
Sages and broomsticks,
motherless pearls
Witches that threaten,
fatherless girls
New curse of the ages,
old grudges remain
A coven of stages,
to hide from the rain
The mark then of Satan,
the touch of the Lord
The death plated sunset,
and winner forlorn
This trap now a quandary,
and you must break free
As with all soiled laundry,
to burn once unsleeved
The truth is not distant,
its first word never feigned
And the peace that you’re seeking
still inside you unclaimed
So let go of the dogma,
and the medals will melt
As new songs to arrival,
you will write most heartfelt
But the moment is now,
and the moment is clear
Once the moment is christened,
new joy spins from fear
So to those who still threaten,
with eternity damned
Say:
“Away with your blasphemy,
stop where you stand
These wings have now sprouted,
my eyes looking in
A new life has been gifted,
—I’m blessed to begin”
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2014)
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001 1001 10110 1001 111010 11001 010110 11101 011110 01101 01101 01001 1110100 01111 111110 1111 011110 111101 0011110 101101 1111010 001011 1111010 11111 101011 001011 1010110 11111 1111110 101001 1 0111100 1111 111110 11100 0111110 11101 0100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 978 |
Words | 165 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 37, 1 |
Lines Amount | 38 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 365 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 83 |
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