Analysis of The Gates Of Heaven
I didn’t love myself,
So the world couldn’t love me
I was broken and bruised internally
How does someone find oneself?
Numb, deprived of feeling
When memories self-destruct
If only i could reconstruct
A body, mind more appealing
Self harm, self-hate
Are they different or the same?
It’s time to reclaim
My life, change my fate
The world’s a scary place
Filled with absurd opinions, discrimination
What happened to one nation?
under God , there is no Race
We are built with similar anatomy
Different colors, like a rainbow
Together we could grow
There’s more than one commonality
The distortion of media today
Is nothing but a facade
They edit, change what’s flawed
Behind the acting, what they say
You’ll find imperfections erased
Behind photo shop, makeup
Everything’s different closeup
Not exactly being two faced
We all hide vulnerable things
Look past the smiling faces
The ones who laugh often
Stop judging all living things
When a tree catches a disease
It doesn’t always fall to the ground
It stands tall, where it was found
Waiting to be put at ease
injured animals don't give up
They lick their wound
Some limp away without a sound
Why do we tend to self-corrupt
When i close my eyes at night
I imagine a world without challenges
A population without illnesses
Everyone's happy, no need to fight
When morning comes, i awaken
To the cold hard truth, that awaits
In the end, we all have the same fate
Passed the gates of Heaven.
Scheme | A B B A C D D C E F F E G H H G B I I B J X X J K L L K M X H M N O O N L O O X P Q Q P H X E H |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 101111 1110010100 11111 101110 1100101 1101101 01011010 1111 11100101 11101 11111 010101 11010100010 1101110 1011111 11111000100 10010101 010111 11110100 0010110001 1101001 110101 01010111 1101001 01111 1010011 10101011 11110001 1101010 011110 1101101 10110001 1111101 1111111 1011111 10100111 1111 11010101 11111101 1111111 10100101100 001001100 10101111 11011010 10111101 001111011 101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,501 |
Words | 302 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 48 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 48 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 24 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 5 |
About this poem
Hope this poem helps inspire others to be kinder to others and see the beauty in the world. We all want world peace a place to feel safe. I hope this poem reminds people that we have to Unite and be kind to Each other. Before the world falls apart.
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