Analysis of Blind Devotion



They dance and dance and dance,
Round and round and round again,
Flowery hair and flowery dress
Together singing a hymn
“Love and freedom for all!”
Failing to see the flames around them
They dance and dance and dance,
Round and round and round again,
Flags in hand together they say
“None above another, all are equal men!”
Failing to see who molded their clay
They dance, and they dance, and they dance again.
 And again,

Smoke whispers through the flames
“You are oppressed! Just like us!”
But they do not see,
Those blind devotees,
Their houses burned by the invisible flames.


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Poetic Form
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Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 593
Words 114
Sentences 7
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 13, 5
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 228
Words per stanza (avg) 51

About this poem

I felt inspired to write this poem after observing the way most of us tend to live our lives and the issues there in. This poem is a sort of reflection of how I as a Christian view the largely secular world.

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Written on September 14, 2023

Submitted by kazoo_k on October 27, 2023

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Osten Dixon

I am a twenty year old male from the United States. Growing up in a small town, I spent most of my time with friends, family and nature, but usually a mix of the three. I am quite religious and specifically practice Roman Catholicism, which reflects in some of my work and hopefully my life. Writing, cooking, and film are all ways I engage in creating art, and how I take it in varies far more. more…

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