Analysis of They must not have children
Some say
put your hands
firmly
on God’s word
Others say
have God in your heart
and people in your arms
Sometimes they bicker
How do they have time
to bicker?
They must not have children
| Scheme | AXXX AXX B XB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11 111 10 111 101 11011 010011 01110 11111 110 111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 199 |
| Words | 41 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 1, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 30 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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