Analysis of "Thou Shalt Not ..."
The world is not driven by greed
it’s driven by envy …
Commandment 10 is carved in stone
positioned at the end
Where old injunctions miss their mark
a covetous reminder
Desirous of another’s place
—the devil painted green
(Dreamsleep: March, 2023)
| Scheme | XXXXXXXX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01111011 110110 0101101 010101 11010111 01010 010111 010101 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 257 |
| Words | 43 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 99 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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