Analysis of Wailing Wall



I was in Jerusalem
some miles from a town
where you vacationed

I had to be at the wailing wall …
For a personal matter, a grievance

God spoke to me there, demanding my devotion
that I promised you

God has vowed to me what most wished for
but no mention of you

God has warned eternity in hell for me
But regretting not having you is harder

God said he created us beautifully…
all I see is my ugliness, and sprinkled in you are my given senses

God has miracles, but only if he believes
Only if he’s fair,
a balance of your fulfilling beauty,
my old age, my saturated ugliness, a symmetry of art

God said I’m free, but I’m singled out as incomplete
I'm the weakened one, created for your leisure

Debating God the subject of you
I ruptured defending you for me,
Our wishes and demands colliding
I’m not sacrificing anything

I’m walking away from a stalemate
Taking my chances with you
We’ll talk about how to save me
A rescue or rebirth...

not at the wailing wall in Jerusalem,
But at the redemption wall of your heart
somewhere in L.A.


Scheme AXX XX XB XB CD CX XXCE XD BCFF XBCX AEX
Poetic Form Tetractys  (23%)
Etheree  (23%)
Metre 1100100 11101 11010 111110101 1010010010 111110101010 11101 111111111 111011 11101000111 10101101110 1110101100 1111110001001111010 111001101101 10111 0101101010 1111100100010011 1111111011001 101010101110 010100111 110010111 1010001010 1110010 11001101 1011011 11011111 010101 11010100100 1100101111 101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,075
Words 225
Sentences 3
Stanzas 11
Stanza Lengths 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 4, 4, 3
Lines Amount 30
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 74
Words per stanza (avg) 18

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negotiation & rage of what I'm getting and what i deserve from God

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Written on October 20, 2022

Submitted by azdi404 on December 29, 2022

Modified by azdi404 on March 20, 2023

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