Analysis of I believe



I Believe
I believe in what God has gifted me
I believe in all I can touch and see
I believe the sun once more will rise
I believe that my father was very wise

In my own beliefs, there is a secret one
it is the one that I hold special for my son
I am sure I will have him in my arms again
as sure as heavenly clouds will billow in rain

I shall whisper ever so softly when I am near
I will speak so tenderly in my baby boy's ear
 I shall tell him how much I missed him for many years
For there have been many painful nights with many tears

I shall tell him of his sweet mother's love
She will join us in her own given time above
We will wait together in her field of dreams
As I believe this is what heaven really means


Scheme XAABB CCXX XXXX DDXX
Poetic Form
Metre 101 1010111101 1010111101 101011111 10111101101 01101110101 110111110111 111111101101 111100111001 1110101101111 1111100011011 1111111111101 1111101011101 1111111101 111100110101 11101000111 110111110101
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 702
Words 154
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 5, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 140
Words per stanza (avg) 39
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Submitted on July 05, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Norman Wilson

IntroductionForgotten are the times the tick of a clock once chimed sobering sounds that caressed my hearts nightly dreams. As I awaken to the touch of light that burns upon a candles wick flickering my words for all to see. This drives my thoughts through the darkest of nights of loneliness that renders my quill upon parchment with ink that dances to minds and souls.Now I hear the screeching of my heart when the blue horizon covers the orb of emptiness.Within the shelter of my mind with little, purpose other than my words that keep me sane. These are my new poems I have written in the quiet of my night, forever wished away in a writer’s pain. As I strive to write that perfect poem that, my soul desperately seeks. Then and only then can my words rest upon a sleep. more…

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