Analysis of What Heaven Sent
I've walked at a peculiar
angle
As I've laughed at peculiar
circumstances
I've aged in the most peculiar
of vacuums
And went on to love in the most
normal of ways
I've worked in a spirit
of defiance
As I've traveled the many miles
from compliance
I've lived within the confines
of the moment
And written of those things I
could never speak
I've seen the footsteps of
giants
Made by the intrepid feet of the
smallest of men
As the mirrors of my past have risen
in blind reflection
I've come face to face with
the only adversary I will ever fear
I've asked the age old questions
knowing there are no answers
I’ve taught the unschooled a language
they will teach again
I have vowed to seek recovery
for what the iconoclasts have broken
Until truth reclaims from power
—what was heaven sent
(Philadelphia Airport: August 1st, 2015)
Scheme | AX AX AX XX XB XB XX XX XX XC DD XX XX XC XD AX X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110010 10 1111010 100 11001010 110 01111001 1011 110010 1010 11100101 1010 110101 1010 0101111 1101 11011 10 110010110 1011 1010111110 01010 111111 01010011101 1101110 1011110 1101010 11101 11111010 1101110 0111110 11101 01001101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 804 |
Words | 150 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 17 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 33 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 39 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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