Analysis of Our Racial Oneness
Karl Constantine FOLKES 1935 (Portland)
There is but one God.
Universal Energy.
The Lord Almighty.
To which all nations bow down.
Beyond human differences.
There is but one race.
Universally expressed.
The race of mankind.
Seen as many, yet as one.
Beyond surface differences.
Evil separates.
Rebukes the universal.
Seeks to be mighty.
Would divide and conquer us.
Despite our human oneness.
Don’t be fooled, pal.
To speak of “Other Races.”
God made only one.
With various shades of color.
Like him — known by many names.
Return to oneness.
To universal kindness.
See all as equal.
Don’t fall prey to division.
That is not God’s desire.
The view from outside.
The site of all temptations.
Corrupts all vision.
From what is inner oneness.
Where there is no division.
Return to oneness.
Where race is only mythic.
Human invention.
To separate all peoples.
The craft and ploy of hatred.
There is but one race.
Universally expressed.
The race of mankind.
Seen as many, yet as one.
Beyond surface differences.
Scheme | xaaxb CDEFB xgahh xxfix Hhgfi xxfhf Hxfxx CDEFB |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (25%) Etheree (23%) |
Metre | 11111 010100 01010 1111011 01101000 11111 010001 01111 1110111 01101000 1010 010010 11110 1010101 01101010 1111 1111010 11101 11001110 1111101 01110 101010 11110 1111010 1111010 01111 0111010 01110 1111010 1111010 01110 1111010 10010 110110 0101110 11111 010001 01111 1110111 01101000 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 983 |
Words | 210 |
Sentences | 40 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
About this poem
Despite God’s oneness and our racial oneness, made in the image and likeness of God, we fall prey to evil, deceit, and divisiveness, thereby losing our common dignity, our innate strength, and our ethics and morality, that are restored in human unity.
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Written on April 29, 2022
Submitted by karlcfolkes on April 29, 2022
Modified by karlcfolkes on April 29, 2022
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