Analysis of Love Lights the Wick
Douglas Blair 1951 (London)
Father, I love You
Seems an impoverished plea
Whereas You offer
The huge, homeward, happy, holy.
And words not always coming
From this bashful Child.
Me. Bashful?
Business guy, Family Man.
Toolbox of solutions.
Petitions neglected now.
Reticent in Your mighty presence.
I wait for your whisperings.
Don’t have much me-self.
Snapshots of nature, old friends
Near misses, rescues.
Dear Mom departed.
And some ugly let-downs
On my part.
But then I hear, I think…
“Lighten up Son.
Listen to Me.
Father is here, cutting
Lots of slack.
Forgiving, urging forward in
The Great Endeavour.
Together.”
(Alarm clock goes off.
That big meeting happens
Today.)
Scheme | ABCBDEFGHIJHKLMNOPQRBDSTCCUHV |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111 110101 01110 01101010 011110 11101 110 1011001 11010 0100101 100011010 11111 11111 111011 1101 11010 011011 111 111111 1011 1011 101110 111 01010100 01010 010 01111 111010 01 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 654 |
Words | 124 |
Sentences | 21 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 29 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 504 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 105 |
About this poem
Prayers where finding the right words, not always forthcoming…
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Written on January 26, 2023
Submitted by dougb.72572 on January 26, 2023
Modified by dougb.72572 on January 26, 2023
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