Analysis of Done Running



Done running.
Away from emotions.
To pretend not to feel,
The reality of them felt to have.
Done from roles to play.
To appease and portray,
Expectations anticipated...
By others who live,
Wearing disguises to hide...
Lies told to tell to themselves.

I am done to stop running,
From being less but more...
Than who,
God has created me to be.

And that is not someone attempting to seek,
To be an imitation.
But to be me the best I can.
Comprehending to understand,
I am not perfect.
Just a work of God in progress.
With this blessed to know,
Everything I want to wish...
Will not always be my way to have it.

No matter how much I pray or demand,
For easier tasks without obstacles to face.
Or perceive myself to be bold and brave.
When I know better not to pretend,
My knees do not shake...
At the sound of God's thunder.

'Dear Father in the Heavens above.
I think You misunderstood my requests,
To be demands.
I apologize.
I was having a bad day.
And,
Well...
I really didn't mean for You to think of me,
As being ungrateful.


Scheme AXXXBBXXXX AXXC XXXDXXXXX DXXXXX XXXXBXXCX
Poetic Form
Metre 110 011010 101111 01011111 11111 101001 0100100 11011 1001011 1111101 1111110 110111 11 11010111 0111101011 111010 11110111 010101 11101 1011101 11111 101111 111111111 1101111101 110010110011 101111101 111101101 11111 1011110 110001001 111001101 1101 1010 1110011 0 1 110101111111 110010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 988
Words 193
Sentences 25
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 10, 4, 9, 6, 9
Lines Amount 38
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 156
Words per stanza (avg) 39
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Submitted by lpahtillah on June 07, 2021

Modified on April 19, 2023

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