Analysis of Pilgrim's Progress



We need great golden copulations in the cemetery
 bury your head beneath the limbs in part of a ghostly resolve
 perhaps this was the path Brother Lawrence tred alone
 underneath the interpass of denial of speculation

we have nursed path each quatrum with a deafening blow
 to stand in one accord to each other as pilgrims rest after harvest time
 Apple butter jam spread on fresh home made bread
 the reflections of a timid squirrel on a limb

we have become immeasurable by your smile
 she danced in a ring of fire yet throws of each challenge with a shrug
 the cost of the pilgrims progress we shall never know
 bust up the beat to promote its tempo

a beacon of light to a much hurting world in search of love
 Does death hurt you the most or is it fear
 beneath the timeless swell I live to tell
 sought through the variation to its cosmic flame


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Poetic Form
Metre 11110100100 1011010101101001 0111011010101 010110101010 111111101001 1101011110110110101 10101111111 0010101010101 11010100111 11001110111110101 011010111101 110110111 010111011010111 1111011111 0101011111 11001011101
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 836
Words 157
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 43
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 170
Words per stanza (avg) 39
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Submitted by hitalot on July 24, 2018

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Mario William Vitale

Mario William Vitale is a twentieth century poet. He has developed a style of free verse. Has written over one thousand poems. more…

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