Analysis of I Am



I am the breeze that gently blows
to swell the sails of your boat.
I am the wind that rises with dawn
to guide birds' wings o'er land and  shore.
In lark's morn soaring flight,
I am the vision far-off and wide.
I am the wave in constant flow
in high tide and in low.
I am the path that winds uphill
to safely lead you home.
In leaps, swift and graceful,
I am the legs of the gazelle and fawn.
When  in the desert, fearful you roam,
my arms, I carry you on.


Scheme ABCDEFGGHIJCIK
Poetic Form
Metre 11011101 1101111 110111011 111110101 011101 110101101 11010101 011001 11011111 110111 011010 1101100101 100101011 1111011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 456
Words 103
Sentences 7
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 344
Words per stanza (avg) 96

About this poem

This poem is a kind of meditation on things that we are not necessarily aware of, but feel are there, and are all sustained by an invisible force.

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Written on 2017

Submitted by donka_k on March 19, 2022

Modified on April 29, 2023

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