Analysis of On earth I lay me down



If I see no more the day
And the man from upstairs
Guides me away
In the light left behind
With my soul no more bound
On earth I lay me down
As the heavens walk around
In vessels more and more profound
And the animals wild and free
Make their homes within me
And the rain seeps through my remains
As the ground quakes
I fall down
Into the core light
And erupt with might into the cold sea
Carry me purified and alive once more flying through seas and floating on the breeze
Fighting through space
Finding my place
In a torid race
Through orions belt
My mind tilt
At the angels as I melt
Into eternal life once more
On the mind of the devine so pure


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Poetic Form
Metre 1111101 001101 1101 001101 111111 111111 1010101 01010101 00100101 111011 00111101 1011 111 01011 0011101011 10110001111011010101 1011 1011 0011 111 111 1010111 01010111 101100111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 648
Words 130
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 24
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 519
Words per stanza (avg) 130
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Written on October 18, 2023

Submitted by heathert.34240 on October 18, 2023

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Heather Lydia Thornhill

Moods and mindsets poetry. Published. Book in progress: Don't talk rot. more…

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