Analysis of Stay The Course

John Lewis 1948 (Palm Coast FL)



“Stay The Course”
The promise of peace abandons me and fades dimly into the abyss. But in a moment of pause, I take up the cause to conquer hopelessness.
Cries of anguish and discouragement beckons me  from isles of broken dreams. My heart, my head are  focused  straight ahead to glories yet unseen.
In times of despair when no one’s there and no one’s hand to hold, I make no bones to stand alone undaunted, steadfast and bold.
Amidst a maze of discouraging conclaves of this dysfunctional conflicting realm, I will stay the course with no remorse steady at the helm.

“Stay The Course”
                                                       by John Wesley Lewis


Scheme Axxxx Ax
Poetic Form
Metre 101 010110101011001001100101111101110100 1110001001011111011111110101110101 01101111101111111111101010101 0101101001110100010111101110110101 101 111010
Characters 726
Words 108
Sentences 7
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 5, 2
Lines Amount 7
Letters per line (avg) 69
Words per line (avg) 16
Letters per stanza (avg) 241
Words per stanza (avg) 56
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Submitted by Lewlew on May 14, 2021

Modified on April 13, 2023

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