Analysis of Holy Affirmation

JESUS BETANCOURT 1955 (New York)



Some Catholics aren't receiving communion
Celiac disease is the explanation apparently
Wafers containing gluten is a consecrated obligation
After transubstantiation represents Christ's body literally


Scheme ABAB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 11010010010 101100100100 100101010100010 101011101000
Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 199
Words 24
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 44
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 174
Words per stanza (avg) 24

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Written on December 18, 2023

Submitted on December 18, 2023

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