Analysis of The Indwelling Temple
Karl Constantine FOLKES 1935 (Portland)
Seeking outward for the temple
We find it to be the dwelling place
Of sinners.
Seeking inwards for the temple
We find its holiness
In every human soul.
| Scheme | ABCADE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10101010 111110101 110 1011010 111100 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 148 |
| Words | 28 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 122 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
About this poem
This poem invites us to consider whether the Temple has a temporal or a metaphysical location.
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Written on July 06, 2021
Submitted by karlcfolkes on September 15, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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