Analysis of The Wrapper



I be ‘The Plain White Wrapper’
Simple I desire to Be,
For I be made of dust and clay,
And be waiting,
On Eternity.

Please note ‘The Wrapper’
Is just the covering,
Meant to be thrown away,
For one day it will be left behind,
And the Vernie Mac be taken away.

Friend, you can sit back
And take your ease
And pay your Never Mind.
But the day be coming
When you’ll be summoned
So be ready to get in line.

For the wages of sin is death,
And your sin debt must be paid,
Yes, you can choose
To stay in your sin,
But you will have Hell to pay.

I said, ‘The Wrapper’
Is just the covering,
Meant to be thrown away,
One day it will be left behind,
And you will be taken away.

The question you must answer,
My friend, and answer it so well,
Will you spend Eternity in Heaven -
Or will it be in Hell?


Scheme abcdb aDCec xxedxx xxxxc aDCec afxf
Poetic Form Tetractys  (30%)
Etheree  (27%)
Metre 1101110 10101011 11111101 0110 10100 11010 110100 111101 111111101 001111001 11111 0111 011101 101110 11110 11101101 10101111 0111111 1111 11011 1111111 11010 110100 111101 11111101 01111001 0101110 11010111 1110100010 111101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 808
Words 190
Sentences 7
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 6, 5, 5, 4
Lines Amount 30
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 99
Words per stanza (avg) 27
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Submitted by Vernacus on February 08, 2024

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