Analysis of A City Of Sin

Matt Starking 1987 (Africa)



A City of sin
when will thou go clean
a foolish society
in an archaic city
full of vanity
a city without conscience
full of violence
greediness and selfishness
why should there be a city
without justice and fairness
the rich over the poor
blood do they devour
life becomes sore
her daughters are whore
how can there exist
such a city
if goodness is banish
then we are all finish
why won't they perish
in this city they cherish


Scheme ABCCCDDECEFGHHICJJJJ
Poetic Form Etheree  (40%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 01011 11111 0100100 0101010 11100 0100110 11100 10100 1111010 0110010 011001 111010 1011 01011 11101 1010 110110 111110 11110 0110110
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 426
Words 80
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 346
Words per stanza (avg) 80

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Cities, city ,sin ,evil

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Written on December 19, 2011

Submitted by NanaKofiNkrumahAcker on June 09, 2022

Modified by NanaKofiNkrumahAcker on July 04, 2022

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