Analysis of Each Heart Is Called
Each heart is called
To reconcile
Life’s hurts
I have dealt with mine
And
My path now lies
In
Here and now
I will not put my hand
To the plough
Of
Self Justification
And turn the ugly clods
Of
Past’s resentments
I will not scatter
Seeds of accusation
To fall
In furrowed threats
I will not sit
Like a lording carrion crow
On judgment's fence
Ever returning
To pick over
The carcass of the past
Nor, will I sit down
And lick
Self pity’s wounds
Forgive,
Forget,
Move on!
My road
Is
Here and now
And
The future
Beckons me.
Scheme | xxa xBxxC xcDeaDx fexx xxxxfx xxx xxx xxCBfx |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 110 11 11111 0 1111 0 101 111111 101 1 10010 010101 1 1010 11110 11010 11 0101 1111 1011001 111 10010 1110 010101 11111 01 111 01 01 11 11 1 101 0 010 101 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 534 |
Words | 113 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 5, 7, 4, 6, 3, 3, 6 |
Lines Amount | 37 |
Letters per line (avg) | 11 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 51 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
About this poem
In the course of this life we can all be 'hurt'. When that occurs we have a choice, as to how we will respond. Written in October 2004 this poem is a personal meditation of the determined choices that I made in a dificult season.
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