Analysis of God help me endure
Holly Flame Maxey 1976 (baltimore)
True progress is slow
Torturous to the soul, body & mind
Yet, holds promise for a better tomorrow
For a better future
I pray every day for the strength
To withstand this pressure
I thought the old man died
But apparently, he still has a hold on me
I need to let him go, before I can be free
I need to let him go, before I becomes, “US”
As much as I am pained by this
Mental arrangement with the old man
He has owned me for so long
I am not sure I know how
To let Go
| Scheme | A X A B X B X C C X X X X X A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 1111 10101101 1110101001 101010 111001101 101110 110111 101001110111 111111011111 111111011011 11111111 100101011 1111111 1111111 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 479 |
| Words | 100 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 15 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 24 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
About this poem
Life may be hard...but death is harder... we should all be patient the end is worth the pain
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Submitted on July 22, 2021
Modified on March 07, 2023
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