Analysis of An Angel's Disbelief
James Groseclose 1983 (United States)
Today, I seen an angel
No wings, no halo
Just an angel
But someone I know
Today was a glimpse
Into the heavens open gate
I listened when he talked
So much was needed to say
Questions were so many
I couldn't ask fast enough
Many weren't to be answered
Many were to tough
The answers received
Were the answers of need
None were of want
None were of greed
Today I seen an angel
Though I didn't cry
I knew the angel before me
I knew the place and time
Many claim the sight
But none were meant to see
The angel I knew for years
Before he came to be
Advice was given soundly
From the same that was before
This time I listened intently
To words I'd heard before
They had made sense then
But fell to the back of my mind
These words spoken were so real
And had to do with time
Today I seen an angel
He spoke to me with tears
A mirrored voice was the sound
Eyes looking back at me for years
But as he said goodbye
As he made this time his last
He said he couldn't return
Only to remember his past
As he walked away
As he faded in the light
I gave one last question
I couldn't hold or fight
An answer was given
Not what I thought it would be
From the angel as he left
His words were meant for me
As I looked on in disbelief
I recognized his face
It left me unable to breathe
As I stood in place
I seen an angel today
At first I didn't believe
The angel that I had seen
Was me.
Scheme | Abab xxxc dexe xfxf Agdh idjd dkdk xxxh Axxj glxl cimi mdxd xnxn cxxd |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (64%) |
Metre | 0111110 11110 1110 1111 01101 01010101 110111 1111011 100110 1101101 10101110 10011 01001 001011 1011 1011 0111110 11101 11010011 110101 10101 110111 0101111 011111 0111010 1011101 11110010 111101 11111 11101111 1110011 011111 0111110 111111 0101101 11011111 11111 1111111 1111001 10101011 11101 1110001 111110 110111 110110 1111111 1010111 110111 1111001 11011 11101011 11101 1111001 1111001 0101111 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,378 |
Words | 298 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 14 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 56 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 77 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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