Analysis of Guilt
Each of us carries a hidden
Invisible weight of guilt
In each step - intentional or not -
That with each hour of joy
Yet moral creatures dream of wrong
A long ago foolish, innocent act
Happiness as an ankle chain draws us down
It is the imperfection of our life, our world
As we stoop and straighten a bit with
Effort
Good deed
Creation
And
Move
On...
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKALMN |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) |
| Metre | 11110010 0100111 011010011 1111011 11010111 0101101001 10011101111 1100101101101 111010011 10 11 010 0 1 1 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 399 |
| Words | 74 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 15 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 277 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 68 |
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