Analysis of The Devil At The Gate
Does corruption blind intelligence,
does greed devour truth
Will intention cast the final vote,
its motives never moot
As David slew Goliath,
Lilliputians lie in wait
To bind and tie an Angels wings,
—the Devil at the gate
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2017)
| Scheme | XX XX XA XA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101010100 110101 101010101 110101 1101010 1101 11011101 010101 010010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 265 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 43 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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