Analysis of Eternal Bliss



The little man in the wall asked me to fly.
Staring with a puzzled look, I asked why.
To find the truth of it you must go out.
I shook my head clearing it of all doubt.

To take that blind step forward is scary.
But, I have been broken down and weary.
So, stepping ahead I did indeed then do.
Falling, hitting the ground, splatting into goo.

Never even getting to say my final goodbyes.
From the hard ground, my soul began to rise.
As I passed him by, I asked why did you do this?
   Ah, he said, what I have given you is eternal bliss.


Scheme AABB CCDD EEFF
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 01010011111 1010101111 1101111111 1111101111 1111110110 1111101010 11001110111 1010011011 101010111101 1011110111 111111111111 11111110110101
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 524
Words 108
Sentences 12
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 135
Words per stanza (avg) 36
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Submitted by Brokenoifvet on August 21, 2014

Modified on March 05, 2023

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John Lowe

I rode as a bullrider on the pro rodeo circut for several years.I also was deployed to Iraq four times during OIF and was injured 3 times.My poems come from the heart break of being apart and the love of what I do and have done. more…

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