Analysis of Of faith and trust
Leonard Dabydeen 1948 (New Amsterdam)
When the mind needs anointing from its wounds,
When there are dark clouds hovering like hounds,
When the spirit is frail and flesh is weak:
Let Lord Krishna in your heart as you speak.
When your world seems to fall apart on you,
When it seems there is nothing you can do,
When the spirit is frail and flesh is weak:
Let Lord Krishna in your heart as you speak.
When you begin to feel hopeless and lost,
When everything around you bears a cost,
When the spirt is frail and flesh is weak:
Let Lord Krishna in your heart as you speak.
Lord Krishna says in *Bhagavad Gita:
Faith and trust will guide you, Oh Arjuna.
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10111111 1111110011 1010110111 1110011111 1111110111 1111110111 1010110111 1110011111 1101111001 110011101 101110111 1110011111 1101011 10111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 601 |
| Words | 117 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 120 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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