Analysis of The Light

Ronnie L Ponder Sr 1949 (Dekalb, Texas)



I never told, for I did not know,
Until I pieced together this puzzle I hold.
I remember the dark , dark, so dark like night.
Then I saw a glimmer of Light.
The light, got bright so bright.
Toward the end of the tunnel I could feel the heat from the light. So warm so bright.
Then I was at the light, the most wonderful man stood there, all dressed in white so bright.
but he was pointing to the dark not at the light.
He said, please go back from where you did start.
But never forget the tunnel, the end that shown so bright
Never forget That I am the warmth and the light.
Then, when you have truly completed your work for me,
 Only then I'll allow you to the Warmth and thru me to the light.


Scheme ABCCCCCCDCCEC
Poetic Form
Metre 110111111 011101011011 10100111111 11101011 011111 01011010111011011111 11110101100111110111 111101011101 1111111111 11001010011111 100111101001 1111100101111 1011011101011101
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 685
Words 140
Sentences 11
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 13
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 41
Words per line (avg) 11
Letters per stanza (avg) 531
Words per stanza (avg) 141
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Submitted on February 26, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Ronnie L Ponder Sr

71 but hanging in there thru a messed up world, 2 kiddos now grown gone from home. 2 bull dogs 7 guitars and I love em all. divorced live in Texarkana, Arkansas. Born in Texas. Love all my readers more…

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