Analysis of Our Mission



by Max Burchett

Who’s to say,
Which way,
What or why,
In this life one should try.

The imperative seems to me
To do something more
Than just to get by carefree.
Must be more we are here for.

Is the purpose to conquer this world?
Could be, but I think not, only finds fool’s gold.
The quest is perhaps to overcome
For things that are yet to come.

What I am hoping to find is more
Joy in rising above my own fear
And being closer to those I hold dear,
Perhaps an answer to some prayer.

The answer I believe to be,
For all great and small,
To accomplish, to achieve,
For each the grander goal.

Yes, that must be the mission of all,
To do more than thought possible.
For what each is called, perhaps the improbable,
To do even what you were told is impossible.


Scheme X AABB CDCD XXEE DFFX CGXX GHHH
Poetic Form Tetractys  (28%)
Metre 1110 111 11 111 011111 00100111 11101 111111 1111111 101011011 11111110111 01101110 1111111 111101111 101001111 0101011111 01110111 01010111 11101 1010101 110101 111101011 11111100 111110100100 1110110110100
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 766
Words 173
Sentences 10
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 83
Words per stanza (avg) 21

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"The quest is perhaps to overcome for things that are yet to come." Our Mission by Max Burchett

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Written on 2023

Submitted by MaxwellBurchett on November 07, 2023

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Maxwell Sebastian Burchett

Maxwell "Max" Sebastian Burchett is president of the charity Golden Hearts that provides support to Ukrainian war refugees. He originated the "Good Day" concept and is leading the campaign to establish "Good Day" as a designated day, nationally recognized as "a day for doing a little extra good." Max is a singer-songwriter from Dallas, Texas. His poems "Until Then" and "I Dream" have been used as lyrics in pop songs of the same names (https://soundcloud.com/maxburchett/i-dream). His music and writing were featured on UK Talk Radio and on their website (https://uktalkradio.org/max-burchett-dog-days/). His writing interests include fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Most recently Max has included in his poetry and non-fiction publications themes developed from his work with Ukrainian war refugees. His poetry style has been influenced by the greats, including Frost, Elliot, Poe and Whitman. Max's short story “Covid Love” was featured in the July 2023, 111th issue of 34thParallel Magazine (https://www.34thparallel.net/34mag-111.html) and his "New Frontiers" poetry trilogy was featured in the October 2023 issue of INTERALIA Magazine (https://www.interaliamag.org/poetry/maxwell-sebastian-burchett-poems/). His romance mystery novel on post-Putin Russia “Red Star Rising” is releasing as serial episodes on Kindle and an anthology of his poems will be released later this year. and an anthology of his poems will be released later this year. Max's poems "Me to You" and "Three Whispered Words" are included in the anthology 'Is there Ever an End' published in November 2023 (https://www.amazon.com/There-Ever-End-Various/dp/B0CNZKNSN7). Max Burchett and his brother started delivering food and letters of encouragement to staff at local hospitals during covid, and that grew into the charity Golden Hearts. After covid the charity’s efforts were refocused on helping Ukrainian war refugees, and the homeless, who are basically refugees in their own country. His observations from work with war refugees and the homeless have led him to write stories and songs that attempt to convey the situation to a broader audience. more…

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