Analysis of Says the Snowflake of the Snow: “I and My Father Are One!”
Karl Constantine FOLKES 1935 (Portland)
Each earthly being
is like a snowflake,
unique and entire
unto itself…
now intertwining…
now commingling
in conformation
to create…
a luxurious bounty
of heavenly snow…
together…
Heaven ‘n Earth…
rejoicing…
in hymnic praise:
“I and my Father…
are One!”
| Scheme | AXBX AACX XCBX AXBC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010 1101 010010 1001 1100 10100 01 101 0010010 11001 010 1011 010 011 10110 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 279 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 12 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 50 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
About this poem
AS ABOVE SO BELOW: Just as each snowflake is uniquely and independently created, yet when clustered, becomes transformed in metamorphosis uniquely as heavenly snowfall, so likewise is each human being uniquely and independently created, yet when congregated as one singular race of people, becomes transformed in metamorphosis uniquely and divinely as equal and inseparable members of the same one family of Homo Sapiens. Let us as a people uphold and live up to our nation’s motto of E Pluribus Unum: “Out of Many, One!”
Written on January 11, 2016
Submitted by karlcfolkes on September 27, 2022
Modified by karlcfolkes on November 24, 2022
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