Analysis of NOTHING TO WRITE
Barry Green Jr 1973 (Florida)
NOTHING TO WRITE
I was up real late at night
Thinking of what I could write
When the air turned real thick
And I could feel each second's tick
As the words slipped past my mind
The structure of verse I couldn't find
That I heard an evil hiss
And felt a presence I'd rather miss
Before me stood Hell's evil king
Bringing visions of every evil thing
He said to me," you're an artist of the word
Your thoughts all realms have heard"
"You could go far with your talent to write
But why is it necessary for you to fight
The thoughts on spiritual matters today?
Its been fine for years this way!"
"Why not write of the great Grace
Of a Faith which shows not its face
But hides to save its power
For that Last and Final hour?"
"You're a man, still young of age
Why not write in a passionate rage
Of a woman's body sweet to the eye
And thus your days pass by?"
"Write of the nature you see
Of free animals and willowy tree
Of the wild and powerful sea
Let that become your decree!"
"Or if you must express your zeal
Write of social issues, true and real
Such a difference you may make,
That all the world you may awake!"
"But don't waste time and talent
On man's desperate need to repent
On Salvation, or your Savior's Face!
Write not! Keep silent His Grace!"
I waited as he finished his monologue
Then I lifted a prayer to Almighty God
And said, "Satan I write to destroy your lies
To rebuild through Christ, broken ties!"
"I write words beyond my own
Praying that men might atone
I write to return all to the One
Who gave is His only Son!"
"I write whether I want to or not
I write things I haven't thought
I write to ease lost pain
And to bring to an end your reign!"
"So be gone Devil, you've had your say
But I'm called to write, and ill obey
God guides me so that light goes on
Till the Coming Dawn!"
So I put down my pen
And let this story end
Shining just a little light
Still--- with nothing to write
AMEN
Scheme | A AABB CCDD EEFF AAGG HHII JJKK LLLL MMNN XXHH XXOO PPQQ XXRR GGXX SXAAS |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011 1111111 1011111 101111 01111101 1011111 010111101 1111101 010101101 01111101 10101100101 11111110101 111111 1111111011 11111001111 01110001001 1111111 1111011 10111111 1111110 11101010 1011111 111001001 1010101101 011111 1101011 1110001001 10101001 1101101 11110111 111010101 10100111 11011101 1111010 11101101 101011101 1111011 1101110110 11100110101 01101110111 10111101 1110111 1011101 111011101 1111101 111011111 1111101 111111 01111111 111101111 111110101 11111111 10101 111111 011101 1010101 111011 01 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,921 |
Words | 406 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 15 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 58 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
About this poem
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. Colossians 3 23-24
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