Analysis of Children of Fairy Tales
The purity of my sister’s beauty held life far beyond her time
The magic of innocence and the power it possesses,
bewitched her children to safely hold.
An early death she encountered and left me without courage to handle the days to come.
My only hope was to rise with her sun.
Little curls unkept, desperately needing a bow, bounce around to find truth untold.
Sleepy cries and angry tears look at me for reprieve from the blow.
The touch of my sister lies within these magical beings.
I gather them in my arms and feel her nudging me on.
Frailty of mind rested on those little eyes, knowing more than I.
Only through innocence do you have the courage to see, and yet, see past it.
Days and nights muddled. It seemed a semblance of normalcy would strengthen our resilience.
Late night, inconsolable cries left the baby and I with out resolve.
Songs of slumber, rainbows and mommy, were sung to the steady rock of a chair.
After depleting strength of my own, I left her baby to cry.
No sooner had I closed his door; little sister was standing by.
A quiet clarity fell from her lips. “This is not right”.
Her touch was unbeguiled, and she possessed no judgement.
Would my sister have been upset for letting him cry in the dark?
We stood looking at each other. She did not flinch.
Her sweet spirit was strong, and it pierced through me.
I turned and opened his door. She followed me to make sure.
Her fortitude commanded justice, and it was eagerly given.
We all slept together that night…
Purity birthed Innocence to shine on what is just.
Children like hers belong in fairy tales.
Purity birthed Innocence to shine on what is just.
Innocence knows not what power she holds.
The very touch of Innocence is unbeguiled.
Her love possess’ no judgement.
Her faith is as natural as her breath.
Her clarity defines truth - wisdom falls with honey.
As the lamb is pursued by the wolf, her fortitude
commands justice – no shame.
It is eagerly given.
Only through Innocence do you have the courage to see pain,
and yet, see past it.
By what magic does this Innocence entrance?
Her justice disarms the wolf and gives power to the lamb.
…and to think - this is only a child.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01001110101110101 010110000101010 010101101 1101101001101101100111 1101111101 10111000100110111101 1010101111101101 011110101110010 11010110101011 1011101110110111 1011001110101101111 10110110101100110100100 11111010011101 111010100110101101 1001011111101011 1101111110101101 01010011011111 01110101110 1110110111011001 111011101111 01101101111 11010111101111 0100101001110010 11101011 1001100111111 1010010101 1001100111111 1001111011 0101110011 0101110 0111100101 0100011101110 101101101010 011011 1110010 101100111010111 01111 11101110010 0101010110101 011111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 2,168 |
Words | 397 |
Sentences | 41 |
Stanzas | 25 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 43 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 68 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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