Analysis of Running On



by Max Burchett

As fast as I can
Running on, on and on
With hope this carries me to
Where I want to go
Higher and higher with you.

As time goes by,
Finding wings to fly,
Carried on the wind
By the love I find
In your arms, such a high.

Singing my songs as I go on
This journey to the end.
With heart and mind
As the compass to guide,
I keep running on.

Somehow I will get through,
It is just what we all must do.
I always thought I knew
Where I was going to
Journey on, me and you.

Still running there,
Following the bright star
Seen shining in the east,
Until the time
We shall be released.


Scheme X XABXB CCDDC AXDXA BBBBB XXEXE
Poetic Form
Metre 1110 11111 101101 1111011 11111 1001011 1111 10111 10101 10111 011101 10111111 110101 1101 101011 11101 11111 11111111 11111 111101 101101 1101 100011 110001 0101 11101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 596
Words 141
Sentences 7
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 1, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
Lines Amount 26
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 75
Words per stanza (avg) 21
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Written on 2023

Submitted by MaxwellBurchett on November 15, 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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