Analysis of Words to live By
Words to live By
A motto
A speech
A sentence
Together in one place
Forming a perfect union of imagery that is designed to create - A perfect sense of peace to the reader; a
quiet place for the thinker
A vision of home that no one can break
Wisdom is to the scholar – just as eyes are windows to the infinite divine
Concepts of existence are stretched thin as a veil – not fit for human eyes
Speak to the speaker with an open heart rest your mind assured
Open ears and a closed heart will never endure
If I speak of the dark past, which voice will you hear first
If I speak of the truth of life which tree will you bite from first
Take your lessons from the ones before you age and time are common bedfellows
Nature will watch the teacher and knowledge will be student
Listen to the night sky watch the stars bloom
Flowers, sand, beach, moonlight to dusk
Life has a way of always healing the soul – ashes to ashes, dust to dust
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLMMNOPQR |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 010 01 010 010011 10001101100110110100111110100 1011010 0101111111 10110101111101010001 101010111101111101 110101110111101 101001111001 1111011111111 111101111111111 111010101110111010 10110100101110 1010111011 1011111 110111100110110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 932 |
Words | 183 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 19 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 39 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 734 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 183 |
About this poem
This is a poem that explores themes of life, death, and love of all things spiritual. My inspiration for this poem was overcoming the challenges of life with grace and mercy in all things.
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Written on September 17, 1979
Submitted by TheTruestFlowerBlooms on February 04, 2023
Modified on March 14, 2023
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