Analysis of THE WOLF AND THE LION

mad hippie poet 1974 (new jersey)



They are coming from every damn direction. Are these the battles that I would be fighting that my grandfather on his deathbed had mentioned? What is this family secret as the last of my bloodline I must defend?

I read all the books left behind, the pictures of wars that have passed. I took my time to look at them but could not find the means to end. The deeper I spin, the further I get in.

I can not turn around. There is no looking back. My dear child, I hear my grandmother's sweet voice singing to me to get ready. There is no longer anytime to be wild and free, for soon, they will attack

I hear all of my family saying make our fire keep burning. You can do it with more than matches. Sing the name of our song loud and proud, for now, and you are not the man but the wolf and the lion that you were born and sent down to be

I feel the temperature rise from the night's skies, for the moon and the sun never sleep alone, and here I lay inside of the person I was meant to be, looking for hidden messages in the tone of the star's glow.

Nothing is carved in stone, and I am not a holy man. all i can say is i am on my way to becoming the wolf and the lion


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Poetic Form
Metre 111011001010110101111101110111110111100101011111101 1110110101011111111111111111011101011010110 111101111101111111101110111110111101011101111101 1111110010110101101111111101011101101110111011010010110101111 1101001101110100110101011101101011111101101000011011 1011010111010111111111111010010010
Characters 1,168
Words 249
Sentences 14
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 149
Words per line (avg) 40
Letters per stanza (avg) 149
Words per stanza (avg) 40
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Written on July 13, 2023

Submitted by Oakley on July 13, 2023

Modified by Oakley on July 13, 2023

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mad hippie poet

I have been writing for 40 years my poetry is about life,death love,and redemption. after having two near death expiercences and a TBI my poetry has become more spirtual more…

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