Analysis of From this Height




From this height I see you there, wishing and wondering
And you see me as you look up from below, smiling and content
“How did you get there?” you ask.
“Does it make you dizzy, looking down?”
“Were you born with a silver spoon?”
“What's your secret; will you tell me so I can come up to see?”

Questions from the seekers of truth, starving for knowledge
Would they understand if I said, “You are your God?”
Should I try to explain, “Peace and Joy are within you?”
Waiting to be invited to be your choice, your will
This mountain you see is an illusion caste by your misunderstanding
Confidence and love are all around everyone that seeks them
The only lesson to be learned is how to accept.


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Poetic Form
Metre 1111111100100 0111111110110010 1111111 111110101 01110101 111011111111111 1010101110110 11011111111 1111011011011 1011010111111 11011110101110010 10001110110111 0101011111101
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 701
Words 135
Sentences 8
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 6, 7
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 41
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 266
Words per stanza (avg) 65
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Submitted on February 08, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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