Analysis of I am



I am
A sinner
A crook
A thief
A thug
A loser
A hoodlum
A cheat
A loose lug
Yet all these things
I'm still a child of God


Scheme ABCDEBFGEHI
Poetic Form
Metre 11 010 01 01 01 010 010 01 011 1111 110111
Characters 121
Words 30
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 11
Lines Amount 11
Letters per line (avg) 8
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 91
Words per stanza (avg) 29

About this poem

It's very simple. And not one of my best but I like it

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Written on October 18, 2022

Submitted by on October 18, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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