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
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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Written on March 24, 2024

Submitted by thornebelee on March 24, 2024

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Brandon Thorne

I am a 29 year-old African American. I began writing poetry as a means to cope with depression and routine incarceration and now looking to put some of it out there to be hopefully enjoyed. Thank you. more…

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