Analysis of Similitudes
Many things are similar, and the answers lie in between,
The seams of the visions, the imaginations, the dreams,
The holographic realization of these life-and-death schemes.
In life through nature and all that you see and hear,
Smell; taste as well as touch, like rain crystal-clear,
Metaphors, allegories, even parables reveal the deer from the dear.
From Genesis to Revelation we’re shown so many times,
Over and over, His laws, wisdom, mercy, yes; His mind,
Again and again, His plan, how to seek it, how to find.
Trials and tribulations in succession and often repeated
Is what we experience and is surely what’s needed
To purify our thoughts, our actions, and our speeches.
Day after day, months and years…still you, your same mood,
Not trying to understand what Allah (G-d) wants for you to do;
Stop the madness, wake up from this vanity of hate, this feud,
And see how all of these revelations came in similitudes.
| Scheme | X A A X B B X C C X X X D X D A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101110000101001 0110100001001 00101010111011 011100111101 11111111101 100100101000101101 11001010011101 10010111010111 01001111111111 1000100010010010 11101000110010 110101101001010 110110111111 1101011101111111 101011111001111 011111010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 942 |
| Words | 185 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 16 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 45 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 45 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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Many things are similar, and the answers lie in between, The seams of the visions, the imaginations, the dreams
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