Analysis of Love Is
Cristine Faiello 1983 (WI)
Love
Is the only actual power
In the universe
That I know is real.
I know it because
I can create it
In such powerful ways
Everyday.
I can use it when
I’m at a loss
For understanding,
When I can’t hear God
When I can’t accept Truth.
Love is something
I can call upon
When words aren’t enough
When time isn’t enough.
I finally get the heart
Of that great Apostle
And his timeless metaphor
For explaining this force
That can only be understood
In actions
Or in one act
Which is this life.
This great thing we call love
John had reversed:
Love is God—
God is not some entity
That bestowed Life
And then banned Life,
But a force that drove it
Even when it Fell.
Not some Deity
That created a flawed world
But the power
That made the flawed world
Precious and worth keeping.
Love is patient.
Love is kind.
It is not blind like romance
But sees the deep,
Even dark, parts
Of humanity. Sometimes
Seeing deeper than a human
Heart can even handle,
So much its almost
Supernatural.
Love is something I can believe in.
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Metre | 1 101010010 0010 11111 11101 11011 011001 101 11111 1101 1010 11111 111011 1110 11101 111001 11101 1100101 111010 0110100 101011 1110101 010 1011 1111 111111 1101 111 1111100 1011 0111 101111 10111 11100 1010011 1010 11011 100110 1110 111 1111101 1101 1011 1010001 10101010 111010 1111 0100 111011010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,012 |
Words | 192 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 49 |
Lines Amount | 49 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 792 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 192 |
About this poem
This poem was inspired by teaching. Sometimes love is the last resource you have.
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