Analysis of Crass American Christians
The visiting bishop smiled down from the pulpit
"Now some of you at my life-style may vomit
But my ex-wife and children are in agreement
My male lover and I have a perfect arrangement
It says in the Bible that sodomy is a sin
But it can not be so because I love him
My Episcopal Church made me a bishop
And are perfectly happy to join me in worship
The fact we ignore all condemnations of sodomy
Shows how we Americans make love a priority!"
Then Christ replied in agony from the Cross
"You preach from the pulpit despicable dross!
Better a man had never beer born
Who scandals the little ones whose faith he has torn!"
| Scheme | ABCCDEFFGGHHII |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010010111010 11111111110 111101010010 1110011001010 1100101100101 11111101111 10100111010 0110010111010 0110110101100 11101001100100 11010100101 11101001001 100111011 110010111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 606 |
| Words | 120 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 493 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 118 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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