Analysis of HEAVEN IS A STATE OF MIND?
Barry Green Jr 1973 (Florida)
HEAVEN IS A STATE OF MIND
Heaven is a state of mind
Well maybe…if you're blind
Heaven's coming can't you see
How much better off you'll be
It's not about how you feel
Or an expression of your zeal
For Heaven is an actual place
The entry fee is God's own Grace
No, Heaven is not on earth
You only find it through rebirth
This promised life for the free
Open your eyes that you might see
No, I'm not open —empty– minded
I tried for years in vain to find it
I kept an open mind all about
Till—SPLAT!-- my brain fell out
Heaven isn't a place YOU get to
No amount of trying will get through
You won't ever be able to get there
For it's only found in a prayer
The Door to Heaven is not Love's desire
You won't find it in a singing choir
Nor in denying yourself, paying every Cost
The Door to Heaven—-its a wooden Cross
Don't have an empty (open) mind
Confusion, that is all you'll find
Close your mind, open your heart
There the path to Heaven will start
Amen
| Scheme | A Aabb ccdd eebb xxff gghh iixx aajjx |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (23%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 1010111 1010111 110111 1010111 1110111 1101111 11010111 110111001 01011111 1101111 11011101 1101101 10111111 111101010 111101111 111101101 111111 101001111 101110111 1110110111 11101001 01110111010 1111001010 1001001101001 0111010101 11110101 01011111 1111011 10111011 01 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 971 |
| Words | 197 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 30 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
About this poem
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will Proverbs 3:5-6
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