Analysis of Education of the Soul
Education of the Soul
The heart soars and sighs
The mind believes and denies
The body crawls, walks and runs
The legs falters & the wind stings
And then rain comes.
The brain ponders
What have we done?
The eyes tear, the face wrinkles
Every breath and every mouthful
of food starts another one
The skin dries and the hair fades
And the hands shake with
Anticipation of it all, blood races
Heart pounds, ears wonder
Did we miss the sound?
Of ocean waves as the fall?
Heart soars, lungs sigh
Mind believes as eyes deny
Yet the soul grows
For the soul knows!
| Scheme | X AAXXX XBXXB XXXXX XCCDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010101 01101 0101001 0101101 0110011 0111 0110 1111 0110110 100101001 1110101 0110011 00111 0010111110 11110 11101 1101101 1111 1011101 1011 1011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 556 |
| Words | 105 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
About this poem
Written for my younger brother on his birthday. He was a good man and a gentle old soul. Larry passed 21 months after that birthday.
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Written on October 25, 1995
Submitted by PaulParker on July 04, 2021
Modified on March 22, 2023
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