Analysis of By Faith, Bound for Excellence”
Karl Constantine FOLKES 1935 (Portland)
A school’s royal wealth
Lived through a saintly Father
By the grace of God
Empowering to succeed
Recipients of bounty:
Teachers and students
Under God’s authority
Striving to serve Him.
Made in His royal image
And by His ordination.
“Grant that we obey
Nurtured by your holiness
Upward bound to you
Serving you with loyalty.”
“By Faith, Bound for Excellence.”
| Scheme | XXXXAXAX XXXXXA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 01101 1101010 10111 0100101 0100110 10010 1010100 10111 1011010 011010 11101 1011100 10111 1011100 1111100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 378 |
| Words | 72 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 6, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
About this poem
Albertus Magnus High School, in Bardonia, New York, named after Saint Albert of Cologne (circa 1200-1280), a German thirteenth century Dominican friar and Saint, and a teacher of Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), Italian Dominican friar and priest, is a family-oriented parochial high school whose administration is based on prayer, study, community outreach, and service. This poem was composed as a Praise Poem to pay homage to the school’s mission of elevating students, their teachers, and its entire faculty to strive for excellent achievement with moral fortitude and dignity in all areas of service. The poem is written in the form of an acrostic to spell out the name of the school, “Albertus Magnus” and its guiding principle of “Building Faith, Bound for Excellence.” The literary format of the composition is that of an extended tanka poem, employing throughout the three-stanza, fifteen lines of the composition, a consistent 5-7-5-7-7 metric register. more »
Written on January 26, 2023
Submitted by karlcfolkes on January 26, 2023
Modified by karlcfolkes on February 01, 2023
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