Analysis of Underway

Charles Fields II 1955 (Fort Bragg, NC)



A new day to gather thought
and focus For a coming reality,

built of the past actions
Changing further still

as it was, even Into whatever
promise the next day brings

Knowing we bring our beliefs
into its potential Of a brighter day.

Engineering watches set.
Ramping up accelerator banks.

Powering gyroscopic stabilizers.
Synchronizing phase couplings.

Energizing, engaging main engines
With inertial drive…

and pull away…

Entering the operating field.
Interphase complete

Time to pause
reflect.

Attending to the ship’s logs

Tally what has been gained
Lost and found

Versus the cost in time,

whether or not you’d consider
reversing course as in changing tides

becoming somewhat
more realigned

Being patient,
gratified to find,

we have passed
Our tests, grown further,

done our best
to move on

Looking back down
the corridor of our lives

Formed our chosen views
to serve our nation

Although We may not always agree
upon how we’ll get there

or to discount the contribution of tough,
Though kindhearted people

who have brought this country
to where it is.

On its way to
where it ought to be.

Believing it possible
Even when We the people

Do not seem to be
headed in the right direction

Finding a way
from no way

Yet we survive

free to fight on
another day

On the way back

Back to back

Copyright ©2023 CEF2


Scheme XA BX CD XE XX XD BF E XX XX X XX X CX XG XG XC XH XX XI AX XJ AX XA JJ AI EE F HE K K F
Poetic Form
Metre 0111101 010101010 110110 10101 111100110 100111 10111001 01101010101 1010101 10101001 100010100 100110 100010110 10101 0101 10001001 101 111 01 0101011 101111 101 100101 10111010 010110101 01011 1001 1010 1011 111 101110 1101 111 1011 01001101 110101 111010 1111101 011111 1101001011 1110 111110 1111 1111 11111 0101100 1011010 11111 10001010 1001 111 1101 1111 0101 1011 111 101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,416
Words 309
Sentences 10
Stanzas 32
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 57
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 33
Words per stanza (avg) 7
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Written on 2019

Submitted by Charles2 on September 15, 2023

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