Analysis of The Beauty of Simplicity
If you will listen, there is rhythm in the rain.
If you will see, there is beauty in the clouds.
If you will feel, there is a caress in the wind.
If you will breathe, there is freshness in the dew.
If you will taste, there is purity in the snow.
If you will listen, there is direction in the night.
If you will see, there is majesty in the moon.
If you will feel, there is excitement in the storm.
If you will breathe, there is joy in the valley,
If you will taste, there is sweetness in the fog.
If you will listen, there is music in the quiet.
If you will see, there is purpose in the pain.
If you will feel, there is love in the emptiness.
If you will breathe, there is rest in the journey.
If you will taste, you will see that the LORD is good.
Scheme | A X X X X X X X B X X A X B X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101110001 11111110001 111111001001 11111110001 111111100001 1111011010001 111111100001 111111010001 11111110010 11111110001 1111011100010 11111110001 111111100100 11111110010 111111110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 768 |
Words | 181 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 15 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 38 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
About this poem
We are living in a day and time when we as a people have lost the communion of community. The 'Beauty of Simplicity' is a plea for a return to Simplicity.
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