Analysis of Righteous paths do narrow



Walk along the highway
Stroll along in humble stride
Swallowed up into narrow
Of further truths within the right
Here you will find the truer ways
By roads signs and counsels
From all the passers-by
But, the road along the wrong side
Offended by every twist and turn
And everything within your sight
As paving paths expanding
Ambivalence grows broader to contrite
Too late to return around
 Mislead upon a grassy knoll
Then lost, upon a road that's no longer
Standing among a cricket's cry
Nothing left here for more offense
Exits hidden away from further light


Scheme ABCDEFGBHDIDJKLGMD
Poetic Form
Metre 10101 1010101 1010110 11010101 11110101 111010 110101 10101011 0101100101 0100111 1101010 0100110101 1110101 01010101 1101011110 10010101 10111101 1010011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 544
Words 97
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 459
Words per stanza (avg) 97
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

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Nighttiger

A fortyish native born all American man. Married twice and for the last time. I have four children; Three daughters and one son that are all over the age of eighteen. I also have two grandchildren; one three years old and one nine months old. Inspired by God, tragedy, life's experiences and then a fairy tale love. I never intentionally set out to write poetry, but "She" inspired me. "She" meaning the love of my life. That love is a passion that after thirteen years still grows stronger each and every day. It eventually had to be put into writing. As I wrote poetry to her, she encouraged me to approach other subjects. Doing so brought me to discover that poetry could wash away the bitter tastes of life (suicide, cancer, and divorce) that were still living like demons inside me. So when poetic therapy brought those impish fiends to a stalemate, I began to experiment more. Creating fictional characters and situations within my works. The support of this online community has inspired me even further to continue to hone my writing skills giving the readers the best that I can offer. Thanks to all you out there in Lulu land. more…

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