Analysis of 'The Key'
Putting God
into human terms
that we can understand
Obverts the beauty
concepts like the Trinity
command
Within our souls
within our hearts
the key to something more
Crossing over
on Heaven’s light bridge
—Beatific pure
(Dreamsleep: November, 2023)
| Scheme | XXABBAXXXCXX C |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101 01101 11101 1010 1010100 01 01101 01101 011101 1010 11011 11 1010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 254 |
| Words | 40 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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