Analysis of Unbaptized Words
Certificate unsigned,
pen firmly in hand
The bliss not for barter,
its insight free-stands
Faith and acceptance
may go where they please
To my grave and beyond,
the verse teaches and frees
No savior I ask for,
forgiveness I shun
Redemption for others,
new ink on the run
Till one day uncovered,
hidden deep on the shelf
A message unchristened,
buried dark and unfelt
Where the voice I was gifted,
and the music I heard
In themselves live forever
—free unbaptized words
(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)
| Scheme | AX BX XC XC XD XD EX AA XE BX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010001 11001 011110 1111 10010 11111 111001 011001 110111 01011 010110 11101 111010 101101 0101 10101 1011110 001011 0011010 111 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 508 |
| Words | 86 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 11 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 37 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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