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
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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 |
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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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