Analysis of The Coming (2)



My head ("aleve" is no relief, at all),
Spinning fast is in utter pain.
My heart ("digitalis" is not helping),
Beating slow is tired and--broken,
Because I have yet so many unrealized
Imaginings and dreams.
But my soul...yes, that eternal spirit within
Is saying, "I am not ready, not until
I am done, or "over it" in my own terms.
As the pen is to the sword--mightier,
So is the spirit to the body.
I find (and hope) my pen, and feel (and pray)
My spirit...the same.
And as onward goes steadily and surely...
The coming, I will be up--not down...
With my worn-out shoes on--"running away."
So God--my Lord and Savior, help me!


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Poetic Form
Metre 1101110111 10110101 110101110 101110010 01111110010 101 11110101001 11011110101 11111010111 1011101100 110101010 1101110101 111 01101100010 010111111 1111111001 111101011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 611
Words 117
Sentences 11
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 17
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 455
Words per stanza (avg) 114
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Submitted on May 02, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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