Analysis of Only Love
Lusting long for dominion
Seeking souls for them to rule
Bleeding hearts for them to damn
Knowing no word such as cruel
For characters uncaring
Such a concept is simple
As for my most human heart
Beats dwindle unto trembles
Shelves stocked full of individuals
Blessed creatures left to waste
Outpaced by a power which
Has found rotten roots in hate
This hate is for whomever
May decide to look skyward
Fists rise and they are severed
Feared faces turned from sunward
A threatening paradigm
Compassion’s coldest desert
Man turns against his brother
For survival, they assert
This is the coffin of humanity
Where is hope for tomorrow
When today has been stolen
Why should we still trundle on
How shall we be emboldened?
A forgotten horizon
Lay in the grasp of mind’s eye
By new imagination
We foster liberation
Bring an end to confusion
Know yourself as creator
We are the sculptors of worlds
Not subjective spectators
Join hands with me, family
Only love has truest being
Only love at once surmounts
Only love will set us free
Scheme | AXXB CBXD DXXX EFFF XGEG H XAXX AXAA AEDD HCDH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011010 1011111 1011111 10111110 1100010 1010110 1111101 110101 11110100 110111 110101 1110101 1111010 111110 1101110 1101110 010010 11010 1101110 1010101 1101010100 111101 1011110 1111101 1111010 0010010 1001111 110010 110010 1111010 1011010 1101011 1010100 1111100 10111010 101111 1011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,038 |
Words | 189 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 37 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
About this poem
This poem, written March 23rd, 2024, is a tweaked Casbairdne reflecting the lust of the powers that be, a lack of societal compassion in the world of today, and the inherent need for simply love in the saving of humanity.
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