Analysis of Fire



I have a burning fire in my soul.
In its embers I am not whole.
The fire wants to live and breathe.
My anger inside sits and seethes.

To turn it loose would be cruel.
I wood abuse someone like a fool.
To feel their blood on my hands.
While I listened to my favorite band,

That thought makes the fire burn hot.
Though I know I really should not.
I know life is not some game.
But I play it in order to remain sane.

I have a burning fire in my soul.
In its embers I am not whole.


Scheme AAxb xxbx ccxx AA
Poetic Form
Metre 1101010011 01101111 01011101 11001101 11111110 11011101 1111111 1110111001 11101011 11111011 1111111 11110101011 1101010011 01101111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 464
Words 101
Sentences 13
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 2
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 91
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Submitted by Brokenoifvet on September 30, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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John Lowe

I rode as a bullrider on the pro rodeo circut for several years.I also was deployed to Iraq four times during OIF and was injured 3 times.My poems come from the heart break of being apart and the love of what I do and have done. more…

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