Analysis of Guilty
Is it a crime
To be sick and old,
Than I am guilty
As charged.
Is it a crime
My phone seldom rings,
Than I am guilty
As charged.
Is it a crime to pray
A sinner saved by grace,
Than I am guilty
As charged.
Is it a crime to be left alone
A recluse living in the past,
Than I am guilty
As charged.
Is it a crime to be thankful
Of a life with it's ups and downs,
Than I am guilty
As charged.
Is it a crime
To have an earth angel
Than I am guilty
As charged.
Is it a crime
That love always finds it's way to express itself,
Than I am guilty
As charged.
Is it a crime
To be longing for my Heavenly home,
Than I am guilty
As charged.
Is it a crime
To be so heavenly minded
And no earthly good,
Than I am guilty on all counts as charged !
Scheme | axBC AxBC xxBC xxBC dxBC AdBC AxBC AxBC Axxc |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101 11101 11110 11 1101 11101 11110 11 110111 010111 11110 11 110111101 00110001 11110 11 11011110 10111101 11110 11 1101 111110 11110 11 1101 11111110101 11110 11 1101 1110111001 11110 11 1101 11110010 01101 1111011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 743 |
Words | 186 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 61 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
About this poem
A senior's plight
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Written on March 25, 2022
Submitted by Dougla$Irishman on March 25, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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