Analysis of Forward Moving Progress
Leonard Castillo 1963 (Colorado)
Life always moving flowing crossing
Perpetual motion celestial in nature
We are always in motion even in sleep
Some of us realize the motion Has stopped
Stuck no end no tomorrow as gloomy as the
Clouded sky our lives have become a wasteland
Of broken dreams and forgotten promises
Swirling around like the twisters of our realities
The fabric of our realities has burned our lives
A rememnant of a distant reality reminds us
A thread ensnared our world unravels
Tomorrow had brought darkness
Overshadowed a step is taken
My shadow is leading me towards
The day sky is clear as I open my eyes
The torment of mine past has haunted
Open again a page as white as the snow
To be written upon by one above
Called upon again the reverence is felt
Throughout the above
A slight push here another there
In place it has begun the pieces in play
Looking up an angel has decended upon my life
Intervening in the guise of another
Also lost so long ago now doing the work
For the one above reminding me of the
Words that were written in captivity only to find themselves freed from the tyranny of their chains
Rest and calm has brought about change
Within a light shines down upon the way
Follow your dreams and make them a reality
What was death has been turned into life
Darkness invading like a cancer
Cut out by a bolt of lightning it yields retreats
The darkness folds into what is
The Start
Life worth living
IT HAS BEGUN
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101010 010010010010 1110101001 1111001011 11110111010 10110110101 11010010100 1001101011010 0101101011101 01101010011 0101101010 011110 01001110 11110101 01111111011 01111110 10010111101 1110011101 10101010011 01001 01110101 01110101001 101110110111 0100011010 101110111001 10101010110 1101000100101101110100111 10111011 0101110101 1011011010 111111011 100101010 111011101101 01010111 01 1110 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,381 |
Words | 263 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 4, 6 |
Lines Amount | 37 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 144 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on March 14, 2021
Modified on March 13, 2023
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