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
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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Submitted by nfowke on September 29, 2023

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