Analysis of Magnanimity



Sacrifice is not the ice,
Of real hearts, cold and dread,
One gives and knows that purpose follows
Offerings sent ahead.

Children eat and lame ones walk,
All spurred by intense flames
That burn along the edges
Of the generous and the tame.

If aid supplies a spirit
With incentive, first to rise,
Then all that came and went before
Lies harnessed down to size.

Donate, give, present, bequeath,
It’s there for all to see,
We give, we get, we give again,
We’re all that we can be!

c. by Lena Smith Carter, Poetic Universalisms I, 2006.


Scheme XAXA XXXX XBXB XCXC X
Poetic Form
Metre 101101 111101 110111010 100101 1010111 111011 1101010 10100001 1101010 1010111 11110101 110111 111001 111111 11111101 011111 111011001011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 520
Words 97
Sentences 6
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 82
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Modified on March 05, 2023

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Lena Smith Carter

Lena Smith Carter is an internationally traveled concert artist who has sung the poetry of the world in seven languages across America and around the world. She is a graduate of Central State University (OH) with a B. S. in Music Education, a graduate of Miami University (OH) with an M.Mus. in Performance and Repertory, and has studied for her doctorate at the Paris American Academy, Paris, France and The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. Her international travels have taken her from Paris to New York as well as Porto Alegre, RS; Fortaleza, CE; Recife, PE; Joao Pessoa, PB: Natal, RN; Sergipe, AR; and Brasilia, DF, where she appeared at Casa Thomas Jefferson /The American Embassy. Her experiences in the northeast allowed her to use many Brazilian folk songs as both the land and the language are very close to the hearts of northeasterners. In the south of Brazil, where there are many foreign-born citizens who speak other languages natively, she used more German, Latin, Italian, French, and Spanish, as well as Portuguese and English.In addition to her concert career and international travels, she is a teacher, parent, grandparent, publisher, editor, patent holder, philosopher and published poet and author. She has traveled to more than 15 different countries and has had more than thirty-five years experience in the creative arts and education. Her poetry is bold, original, colorful, and imaginative.Her written and published works include The Weight Management Diary, Axioms for Life/Work, Axioms for Life I, Axioms for Life II, Axioms for Life III, Poetic Universalisms I (hardback/paperback), Poetic Universalisms II, (hardback/paperback), 50 Reasons Why You Have/Have Not Arrived, Foreign Language Tips for Travelers (eBook), School Security Rewind (eBook), Writing Poetry: How to make yourself a Pro (eBook) and Jumpstarting Your Choir, Volume I. more…

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