Analysis of Beside Humility



Love, its sweet essence of fiery passion,
compassion is blended into the flames,
it travels behind sight as I follow
my eyes across windy plains of solitude.
Strength of thought from you:
my sweet mother earth,
flows ahead of my blood while desire
in dreams washes over each step I place
on your soil so soft yet dark.
Alive, I whisper to the feathered life
I see and hear around my steps.
Dead I cry as I return my thoughts
to the race where I belong.
A tear shedding to those whose bodies rot
in burning heat so many miles away
and a plea for mercy to the ones
who've yet to die in pain beside humility.

This poet's in an age of lost imaginings,
this man dreams of travelling
through time to meet another age
where the air I drink is pure.
I free my own humility and pain
to soothe the planet's wrath
yet in a place so sad I still
find time to release wild smiles,
and to taste pleasures of love,
to watch the animals and children
play together in harmony so very rare,
and to watch the morning sun's rays
flutter its warm breath on our pride,
o' how we waste life and burn so quickly.
Slow down, but no one hears
or no one cares, so sad I still find time to smile.


Scheme ABXXXXXXXXXXXXXXC BXXXXXXXXAXXXCXX
Poetic Form
Metre 11110110010 0101100101 1100111110 1101101110 11111 11101 1011111010 0110101111 1111111 0111010101 11010111 111110111 1011101 0110111101 0101110101 001110101 011101010100 110011111 1111100 11110101 1011111 1111010001 110101 10011111 1110111 0111011 110100010 101001001101 01101011 101111101 1111101110 111111 111111111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,135
Words 229
Sentences 8
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 17, 16
Lines Amount 33
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 457
Words per stanza (avg) 115
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Submitted on June 04, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Ian Sawicki

Ian Sawicki has been writing poetry for over twenty years. He is a Manchester born poet, who has dedicated his life to exploration and composition of poetry. His work reflects the many great influential experiences of his life, the pain, the pleasure combined to create new exciting poetry. If anyone is interested in my books then please visit my lulu storefront. All artwork on these books is by my own hand. http://stores.lulu.com/chasingtheday more…

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