Analysis of "An Angel" (Little Mo Knows)
While touching my brow,
I finger the book,
and place myself
...at the marrow.
I suffer the flurry
to glimpse at an Angel,
and ask if She's
...coming or going.
If She's coming,
I lead her.
If She's going,
I trail Her,
but always
...I beg of Her name.
And then at the door.
that She comes through
or leaves from,
She turns and gives me
...Her Words.
Words of an Ancient.
Words of a Moment.
And Words that will show
...the Hereafter.
Then She leaves me to stay,
She leaves me to play,
She leaves me to
...wait for whatever.
Scheme | XXXA BXXC CDCDXX XEXBX FFAD GGED |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011 11001 011 1010 110010 111110 0111 10110 1110 110 1110 110 11 11101 01101 1111 111 11011 01 11110 11010 01111 0010 111111 11111 1111 1110 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 526 |
Words | 125 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 6, 5, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 63 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
About this poem
I wrote this poem because I love thinking of the mystery of that which is greater than me. I have always said, "There is nothing so wondrous and yet so frighten than "Mother Nature" and the "Search for God"!.
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Written on August 24, 2003
Submitted by ldrum on November 15, 2022
Modified on April 14, 2023
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